Prepare war, wake up the mighty men...

Welcome to another edition of the Bible in the News, this is John Billington. "For the first time in years and in the face of Iran's nuclear drive, Israel surpassed Saudi Arabia in arms purchases in 2008, reaching just over $20 billion… Last year, the US Department of Defense approved plans to sell Israel that amount of arms, including stealth fighter jets, transport aircraft, state-of-the-art missile ships and satellite-guided "smart bombs." "This is the year with the greatest defense spending in the history of the Middle East," Yiftah Shapir, head of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv" Jerusalem Post – Oct 16, 2008