Friday, November 6, 2015
Russia’s ‘Holy War’ to save Syria’s Christians.
Will Russia’s ‘holy war’ save Syria’s Christians?
by Ed West
Weds. 30
Sep 2015
Vladimir Putin has outfoxed the West in the Middle
East (AP)
America
and Britain have helped to endanger minorities in the Middle East
The war
in Syria has taken a significant turn these past few months, with the
migrant crisis and the intervention of Russia. Even a few months ago one might have expected
Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, and two years ago one would have bet the house on
it.
Now, with
the refugee crisis seriously threatening Europe’s governments and the
almost comic ineffectiveness of American-trained Syrian rebels, Western leaders
seem resigned to accepting Russian’s involvement and some sort of truce that
allows Assad to stay.
Whatever
one thinks of Vladimir Putin, he has certainly outplayed Barack Obama in Syria;
four years after the start of this tragedy Russia is much stronger in the
Middle East, and the United States is weaker. There are reasons for this.
As this piece in the Spectator
and this one in The Week by
Michael Brendan Dougherty point out, Putin’s approach to Syria has actually
been more rational than America’s. The
American and British policy of backing a Gulf-sponsored uprising has been
either woefully naïve or quite cynically designed to curry favour with the
Saudis.
There’s
something especially sinister about the way our governments have followed a
Wahhabi-led scheme to overthrow a secular dictatorship, a revolution that would almost certainly
endanger Christians in the land of St Paul.
For
example, the rebel group al-Nusra
Front, one of the players in the region Russia is now pounding, previously
overran the Christian village of
Maaloula, 40 miles north of Damascus, executing three Christians and
kidnapping a dozen nuns before being driven out by the Syrian army.
During the battle for that
village one Christian addressed the BBC cameraman with these chilling words: “Tell the Europeans
and the Americans that we sent you St Paul 2,000 years ago to take you from the
darkness, and you sent us terrorists to kill us”.
Hey
buddy, you’re welcome.
Conspiracy
theories are common in the Middle East, but it is hardly surprising that people
think there are reasons behind the reasons when Western governments follow
policies so at odds with what most Westerners think is morally right,
and which are also not in their own interests.
In
contrast, Russian policy is brutal, and involves supporting a ruthless
dictatorship. But Russia’s approach is also logically consistent and
demonstrates a clear understanding of what their long-term goals are. Russia
has a firm idea of what Syria will look like in the near future, which
presumably involves lots of posters of President Assad, maybe with a few of
Putin wrestling a shark. The West, meanwhile, is clueless.
That is
perhaps because Western policy in the Middle East is designed to win tomorrow’s
newspaper headlines, such as when Britain and France rushed into overthrowing
Gaddafi in 2011. This may be one of
the strengths of an authoritarian system, where critics of the president tend
to accidentally stab themselves to death. When it comes to Syria, none of the Western
democracies has shown any long-term thinking.
Last month Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic leader, told Aid to the Church in Need that Syria’s Christians are at risk of extinction, with a third of the country’s faithful having left already.
Ninety
per cent of Christians in the city of Homs fled in early 2012 after Islamists
went door to door ordering them out, and that year no Easter services were held
in the city for the first time in millennia.
Russia’s
foreign policy is, no doubt, designed to serve Russia and those who rule
Russia. But if it can bring an end to
the war, and destroy ISIS, the al-Nusra Front and other militant groups, then
Russia might just save Syria’s Christians and so fulfil the country’s historic
promise to protect the region’s Christians.
No wonder
the Russian Orthodox Church has given its support to “the holy war” against
terrorism.
At any
rate, the Russians could hardly do a better job of endangering the
region’s Christians than Britain and America have.
ISLAMIC TAX RIP-OFF - DICK SMITH'S MESSAGE
DICK SMITH'S MESSAGE TO ISLAM
A WARNING FROM DICK SMITH:
You may be aware that " Dick Smith " chain franchise stores are being pressured by the Islamic Council of Australia to gain 'Halal Certification' (ACTUALLY A CHEEKY TAX OR FORM OF BLACKMAIL) otherwise they will be proscribed and banned from Muslim custom.
You may be aware that " Dick Smith " chain franchise stores are being pressured by the Islamic Council of Australia to gain 'Halal Certification' (ACTUALLY A CHEEKY TAX OR FORM OF BLACKMAIL) otherwise they will be proscribed and banned from Muslim custom.
This is their response:
A MESSAGE FROM DICK SMITH.
"We at Dick Smith 's have received a number of letters from people asking if we will be putting the Muslim Halal logo on our food.
"We at Dick Smith 's have received a number of letters from people asking if we will be putting the Muslim Halal logo on our food.
To acquire Halal certification, payment is required to the endorsing body (the Islamic Council) and involves a number of site inspections of both our growers and processors in order to ensure that our practices comply with the conditions of Halal certification. It is important to note that this does not reflect the quality of the food being processed or sold – it only means that the products are approved as being prepared in accordance with the traditions of the Muslim faith.
We are aware of an increasing number of large companies both in Australia and overseas, such as Kraft and Cadbury, who have obtained accreditation to use the Halal logo. We don’t believe they have done this because of any religious commitment but rather for purely commercial reasons. Perhaps these large organisations can afford to do this.
While we have a choice however, we would prefer to avoid unnecessarily increasing the cost of our products in order to pay for Halal accreditation when this money would be better spent continuing to support important charitable causes where assistance is greatly needed.
We point out that we have never been asked to put a Christian symbol (or any other religious symbol) on our food requiring that we send money to a Christian organisation for the right to do so.
Others would add that money paid to ANY Muslim 'organisation' (and you had better believe it: these people ARE 'organised') can easily find its way into the hands of Islamic extremist-fanatics and murderers, irrespective of assurances to the contrary.
What other assurances do we accept from Muslims?
Oh, that's right, 'Islam is a religion of PEACE'!
How less Australian can companies get, than to place money into the hands of those who seek to exploit us?"
This is an example of how the leaders of Muslims in Aus/NZ are bullying large commercial organisations (especially in the food industry) into paying what is no more than blatant extortion money. The amazing part is that these weak-kneed organisations (Cadbury/ Schweppes/ Nestles/ Kraft etc.) actually pay the large sums demanded by these self-appointed religious bureaucrats. Of course, the manufacturers promptly pass this levy on to unwitting consumers as cost increases. Next time you buy a block of Cadbury's chocolate, look for the Halal Certification seal on the wrapper. So, regardless of your own religious faith, you end up subsidizing Islam.
The Council also controls the Muslim voter bloc which, as yet, does not have sufficient critical mass to make a difference - but give them time.
Several state jurisdictions are under pressure to adopt or permit Sharia Law in Marriage, Family and Property matters and some, under the delusion that they are being progressively liberal, are permitting this. This has already happened in some local authorities in the U.K.
Google the U.K. Education Department's current investigation into the conduct of Muslim-run schools in the Birmingham area of England.
How many more warnings do people need?
Check the produce on the shelf and don't buy anything Muslim extorted.
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS RIGHT THROUGH TO THE END.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
UK's role in polluting and contaminating the North Sea. Fracking Nightmare,Episode 72: FRACKING .. A Trojan Horse?
The UK's considerable role in polluting and contaminating the North Sea
Fracking Nightmare,Episode 72: FRACKING .. A Trojan Horse?
Have you seen this? Highly readable and interesting article on the liquid sodium breeder reactor developed during the 1970s. Obviously, safety and a safe, clean environment are JUST TOO EXPENSIVE! www.jimstonefreelance.com/busted.html
Fracking Nightmare,Episode 72: FRACKING .. A Trojan Horse?
2 November 2015
In
March 2015, the UK Parliament voted (277 - 33) in favour of removing
all local authority participation in the decision-making process of
Toxic Nuclear Waste being disposed of beneath their Community.
In this
episode, Ian R Crane presents the evidence which supports the hypothesis
that the UK Government's Unconventional Gas (Fracking) agenda is
directly linked to the prospective Deep Borehole Disposal (as being
developed at Sheffield University) of 650,000 tonnes of accumulated
Nuclear Waste.
Still think our 'elected' representatives are looking
after our best interests?
TENS OF THOUSANDS of BARRELS of NUCLEAR WASTE OFF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS Almost all now deteriorating and leaking!
Plutonium is now on all beaches near SELLAFIELD, Cumbria.
Also Dounreay power station in Scotland.
Have you seen this? Highly readable and interesting article on the liquid sodium breeder reactor developed during the 1970s. Obviously, safety and a safe, clean environment are JUST TOO EXPENSIVE! www.jimstonefreelance.com/busted.html
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