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2015-10-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian church calls fight in Syria a 'holy war'

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Posted by Fred 2015-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Yuuup, because it is, + in more ways than just one or even two.

Putin = Russia wants any Afghan or AFPAK-based ISIS/ISIL threat to Central Russia + RFE + East Asia, AKA Russia's new Eurasian Customs Union + SCO-CSTO, etc. eliminated ASAP AMAP ALAP, + still wants neo-Ottoman Turkey + Germany proper NOn-Nukulaar + under tight UNO = International control
IFF THE BAMMER = UNILATERALLY/SELF-RETREATING USA IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO DESTROY THE ISIS ONCE-N-FOREVAR!, RUSSIA WILL.

DITTO NOW AS PER CHINA + PLA - INDIA???

Despite the absence of INDIA from joining the Russia-led anti-ISIS/Hard Boy fight in Syria = Syria-Iraq, [Nuke-armed]RUSSIA + CHINA + INDIA CAN LONGER TOLERATE THE GROWING ISIS THREAT TO EAST-SOUTH ASIA + THEIR SPECIFIC COUNTRIES.

As for IRAQ, IMO Darth Vlad/VladVedev + Russia wants to see iff fellow OWG CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLING IRAN can handle the ISIS threat by itself before Russia + Coalition intervenes.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-01 01:11|| 2015-10-01 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 putin is turning russia into a theocracy. the priests drive him, they are his power base.

this is a HUGE problem since the only lasting form of peace is a strong secular government which allows the different religious groups their freedom to practice. theocracies are bad news for everyone

Posted by anon1 2015-10-01 02:32|| 2015-10-01 02:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Partially correct. The re-establishment of the Soviet Union is the real Russian 'Holy War.'

Notice while Europe is being flooded with hungry mouths, few if any of the old Soviet States are taking any of the Syrian mooslim "refugees." Appears they did in fact get the memo.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-01 03:57|| 2015-10-01 03:57|| Front Page Top

"Gov. Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that al-Qaida is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not al-Qaida. You said Russia ... the 1980s, they're now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years,"

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-01 04:02|| 2015-10-01 04:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia got their Church from Byzantium. Byzantine Church was a department of state---one of the reasons why Eastern Empire outlasted the Western one by a 1000 years.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-01 05:36|| 2015-10-01 05:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin can do things for the Church and the Church can do things for Putin. That's what you call a symbiotic relationship. Lenin and Stalin didn't quite grasp that. Neither does Obama.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-10-01 12:27|| 2015-10-01 12:27|| Front Page Top

#7 I gather that after Hitler invaded Stalin discovered some use for the Church after all, and got a lot more tolerant in a hurry.

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