I tried the website you recommended too, Carol. It sells Buddha beads, stun guns and knives?! If you cite these types of sources, Carol, then perhaps you need to have some sort of re-think? These are not the sources one should quote on a Christian website..
Carol, this post would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. You quote me saying [that you are] "...so neglectful of these poor people on the one hand". You are aware that I refer to the people who are on the receiving end of the western elite governments attacks. These attacks central on the poor citizens of Iraq and Libya (and others). Well, yes - I believe this statement to be true.. For not once have you criticised the western elite governments lies in forging these unjust wars and decimating the poor people of these countries. On top of that, you continue to believe the nonsense spouted by our elites. The same elites that attack our babies, the family, our pensions, and who also rack debt mountains upon us and upon our children. Lol. I wish it wasn't so tragic.
jackozokay, I fully understand what occurs when someone is accused of a crime. I also understand that international cases are different from domestic ones and that some things need to remain classified. I am glad that we agree that governments should protect their citizens and I hope that you agree that in most crime cases it takes a long time to find the truth and as I stated in another post(s), unfortunately, sometimes the truth is never fully uncovered. In addition, I understand that Russia purposely developed this nerve agent to be as undetectable as possible and I also am aware that the USA spent $6 million dollars to help dismantle a chemical research institute in western Uzbekistan to help protect innocent families like yours and mine as best that they could from any of the remnants left behind from when the Russians were developing Novichok there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/415742.stm I also understand that in 1993, prior to the cleanup of this facility by the USA and the now independent Uzbekistan, Russia removed much of the equipment and documentation from this site in western Uzbekistan probably to one of their other locations which are still unknown to the international community. I don't believe that we will ever see eye to eye on this and that is fine except that I would appreciate it very much if you would stop slandering me in your posts. jackzokay, I did not "recommend" that website and stating that I did is a falsehood. jackozkay, This is another falsehood that just because I disagree with you about how the Skripal case was handled does not imply that I am "so neglectful of these poor people" as you have stated and I have criticized our "elites" at certain times I just don't choose to do so about the Skripal case. Peace to you.
Different outlooks/ideological bents joining for a common cause: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=143&v=X_AyP9SAEJc
Resistance works both ways too: "Little Sisters granted right to defend selves against state attack" http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/little-sisters-granted-right-to-defend-selves-against-state-attack GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
It appears to be coordinated. Same as the Russia-demonization and the illegal bombing of Syria where the bombing takes place before any real investigation has occurred. The West is lawless and has lost the moral high ground. Further evidence of this can be seen in the developing Alfie Evans tragedy which, unlike the imaginary crimes committed by Putin, is a real crime in progress. Now think about this: Trump bombed Syria twice now because "children were suffering." Trump also kicked out the Russian diplomats over the Skripal case - where we are still waiting for evidence that Russia did it. But with Alfie Evans we have a real crime in progress and Trump does nothing. By his own standards dealing with Russia, he should be kicking out the UK diplomats until they act civilized and stop torturing Alfie Evans - a real crime unlike the merely alleged crimes involving Russia.
Elisa, Thank you for posting this but I wonder if the person being interviewed knows that in March 2016 both the Arab League (which Syria and Lebanon belong to)and the Gulf Cooperation Council labeled Hezbollah as a terrorist organization joining the USA, Israel and Canada. In addition, the military/security wing of Hezbollah are considered as a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom, Australia and the European Union. So, the interviewee's following statement doesn't appear to be accurate, "Did you know that only in America, Hezbollah is called terrorists? In Europe, nobody calls them that." March 11, 2016 / 12:14 PM / 2 years ago Arab League labels Hezbollah terrorist organization Reuters Staff 3 Min Read https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ezbollah-terrorist-organization-idUSKCN0WD239 CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League labeled Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Friday, Egyptian state media said, as tensions rise between Sunni and Shi’ite powers across the Middle East. A youth watches Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaking on television inside an electronics shop in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho Sectarian wars are raging in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and the League has become a forum for the mostly Sunni Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to air their grievances with Shi’ite power Iran, the major backer of Hezbollah and other Shi’ite groups in the region. “The Arab League foreign minister’s committee has decided on Friday to consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization,” said a statement from the Arab League carried by Egyptian state news agency Mena. The declaration came hours after the Saudi delegation stormed out of the meeting following a speech by Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in which he defended the Shi’ite Hashd Shaabi militia grouping, an Iraqi foreign ministry source told Reuters on Friday. Iraq’s army relies on the umbrella group known Hashd al-Shaabi in its battle against militant Sunni Islamic State. “In his speech (the minister) said that Hashd Shaabi and Hezbollah had preserved the dignity of the Arabs and those who call them terrorists are the terrorists,” an Iraqi foreign ministry source said. In January, Iraq summoned the Saudi ambassador after he suggested Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias were exacerbating sectarian tensions in Iraq. “IRANIAN INTERFERENCE” The Arab League meeting on Friday also condemned what it described as continued Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain, the statement said, adding that Hezbollah, along with the Iranian revolutionary guard, financed and trained terrorist groups in Bahrain. The Gulf island has a Shi’ite majority population but is ruled by a Sunni dynasty. Bahrain’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Mubarak Sayar said in a news conference aired on Al-Arabiya channel there was a consensus on the decision but Lebanon and Iraq had reservations about it. Saudi’s ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Kattan appeared on Al-Arabiya saying Gulf states would be taking further measures against Hezbollah. “We will deal with Hezbollah as we deal with any terrorist organization. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries have begun preparing measures it will take against that terrorist party and they will be announced at the right time,” Kattan said. Morocco said last month it would not host the 2016 Arab League meeting as scheduled, saying it wanted to avoid giving a false impression of unity in the Arab world. The Arab League meeting welcomed a French initiative calling for a global conference for peace and called for effective global measures to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine. “Any resumption of future negotiations with regard to resolving the Arab-Israel conflict must be based on ... a specific timetable for ending the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine,” its statement said. Reporting by Mostafa Salem; Writing by Asma Alsharif; Editing by Andrew Roche __________ Hezbollah labelled a terrorist organization by Gulf Arab states The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization, ratcheting up pressure on the Iran-allied group that wields influence in Lebanon and plays a key role in the Syrian crisis. Thomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 02, 2016 5:34 AM ET | Last Updated: March 2, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gulf-arab-states-hezbollah-1.3472046 Members of Hezbollah hold their flags on March 1, 2016, in the southern Lebanese town of Kfour, during the funeral of a fighter killed in Syria. A group of Arab states on Wednesday labelled Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images) The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization, it said on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on the Iran-allied group that wields influence in Lebanon and plays a key role in the Syrian crisis. Gulf Arab states imposed sanctions on Hezbollah members in 2013 in retaliation for the group's intervention in Syria's civil war in support of President Bashar al-Assad. And individual GCC countries - including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab emirates and Bahrain - have labelled the group terrorists. But the GCC Secretary-General, Abdullatif al-Zayani, in a statement issued in Riyadh, said that the GCC had now taken a collective decision on the group. "As the militia continues its terrorist practices, the GCC states have decided to label it a terrorist organization and will take the necessary measures to implement its decision in this regard based on anti-terrorism laws applied in the GCC and similar international laws," the statement quoted Zayani as saying. The decision came one day after a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah that Saudi Arabia had pushed Lebanon into a new phase of political conflict by announcing it was suspending an aid package to the Lebanese army. Nasrallah also stepped up criticism of Saudi Arabia, accusing it of directing car bombings in Lebanon, an arena for sectarian-tinged Iranian-Saudi rivalry that is escalating across the Middle East. For his part, Zayani accused Hezbollah of committing hostile acts against GCC states, including recruiting young men to carry out "terrorist attacks, smuggling weapons and explosives, stirring up sedition and incitement to chaos and violence". Sunni-led Saudi Arabia, the biggest member of the GCC, wields considerable influence in Lebanon through its backing for Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri, a former prime minister who said on Tuesday that "riots, road blocking and tyre burning" were attempts to provoke "chaos and discord". "We should not be dragged to any attempt of this sort," he said. Tension between Hezbollah and Hariri spilled into armed conflict as recently as 2008, when a political dispute fuelled by Saudi-Iranian rivalry triggered a brief civil war. Nasrallah said there would be no repeat of that conflict. Edited to add: The following article is from April 24, 2017 so it may be a little out of date already but it gives you a good idea of how complicated the situation is in Syria and in the Middle East in general regarding terrorist organizations, etc., https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/al-qaedas-latest-rebranding-hayat-tahrir-al-sham This article is from July 23rd, 2017: Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham take control of Syria's Idlib Group formerly linked to al-Qaeda affiliate consolidates grip on Idlib as main rival rebels Ahrar al-Sham withdraw. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/hayat-tahrir-al-sham-control-syria-idlib-170723215932668.html
Two of Israel’s prime ministers were members of the terrorist organizations The Irgun and the Stern Gang, yet Israelis are lionized and Hezbollah - which recently has killed more terrorists in Syria than Bibi’s duplicitous regime- is demonized. What hypocrisy!!
It's internationally accepted that Hezbollah is one of the 5 biggest terrorist groups....with the backing of Iran (and Obama due to the fraud Iran deal and Obama's unloading of billions of American tax payer money to them for just this purpose...oh, and of course for their promised nuke targeting of "Big (and little) Satan"!!) Iran and Hezbollah Prioritize Terrorism Funding Over Societal Development Despite growing unrest and a weakening economy, Iran continues to funnel massive amounts of money and resources to its main terrorist proxies, especially Hezbollah, in order to expand its reach. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent budget allocates far more funds to regime-controlled religious charities and regional terrorist activities than to domestic social and economic programs, according to an analysis published on Sunday in Al-Arabiya. Rouhani’s government claims to be focused on reducing poverty and improving employment opportunities, yet it continues to cut subsidies on basic commodities and financial transfers to poor families amid rising fuel and food prices. Instead of supporting its own people, Iran is devoting $7.4 billion to the military — primarily toward its ballistic missile program and the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s regional expansion. Iran has also flat out rejected any efforts to renegotiate the nuclear agreement with Western powers amid reports of European efforts last month to constrain Iran’s regional expansion and ballistic missile program. The Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah is a major beneficiary of the latest budget. Iran “is believed by some analysts to fund [Hezbollah] to the tune of $300 million a year, although many now believe the sum is more like $1 billion,” writes Tony Duheaume. Combined with its international criminal enterprises and drug-smuggling network, Hezbollah has no shortage of resources to continue consolidating operating bases to target Israel. Hezbollah’s involvement in the international drug trade is well documented. It cultivates a major base of operations in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) straddling Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. With a large Muslim population including significant numbers of Hezbollah sympathizers, the terrorist organization uses this area for recruitment, arms smuggling, drug trafficking, and logistics planning for terrorist operations. The TBA remains “an important regional nexus of arms, narcotics, pirated goods, human smuggling, counterfeiting, and money laundering — all potential funding sources for terrorist organizations,” the US State Department has said. A significant portion of the profits earned from Hezbollah’s illegal activities is laundered via car sales to Africa, in addition to used car dealerships in the United States. With Iran’s help, Hezbollah has evolved from a clandestine terrorist group into a full-fledged guerrilla organization that is now one of the most powerful terrorist armies in the Arab world. Iran continues to equip Hezbollah with the latest sophisticated and advanced weaponry, which poses a direct threat to Israel’s national security. Beyond military and terrorist capabilities, Hezbollah enhances its propaganda infrastructure worldwide, publishing its own newspapers, magazines, and books that promote the Islamic Republic’s ideology. Iran helps cover the $15 million per year required to sustain Hezbollah’s Al Manar satellite television network, which is intended to broaden its ideological reach to Shia communities worldwide. Hezbollah’s devotion to Iran’s revolutionary ideology takes precedence over Lebanon’s constitution, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said in a March 10 speech delivered to Iranians in Lebanon. Hezbollah also adheres to Ayatollah Khamenei’s orders, Nasrallah added. While Hezbollah claims to be Lebanon’s protector and vanguard, Nasrallah’s speech reaffirms Hezbollah’s primary commitment to carrying out Iran’s directives, even at the expense of Lebanese domestic interests. Steven Emerson is considered one of the leading authorities on Islamic extremist networks, financing, and operations. He serves as the Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, a non-profit organization that serves one of the world’s largest storehouses of archival data and intelligence on Islamic and Middle Eastern terrorist groups. (suppose one has to decide if his/her favored group is terrorist or "freedom fighter")
YUP! Ol' R67 just can't help himself ...can he? I'll say again!! These Israeli PMs and their counterparts, all labeled as Terrorists by the Brits, are considered Patriots by Israel. Just like the founding Patriots of the USA and Irish Republic were labeled "Terrorists" in their time ... just like every other Patriot in break-away Colonies of GB. Though Israel was not a Brit Colony as such, she like the USA and Ireland, gained independence through force of arms. Israel is a unique place to Jews and Christians and one can't separate Jews from Israel or Israel from Jews. Even as a Kid, 60 years ago, I could never understand the Jew/Israel Hatred among my Family and most other Catholics/Christians in those times. Only the Blacks were treated with more disdain then. I couldn't help but think: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Apostles and most of the Disciples were all Jews. What's with all the Jew Hatred!!?? Sadly it's still with us! .... and show me where Catholic Teaching proclaims Replacement Theology! GOD SAVE ALL HERE!!
I don’t know what’s worse: you continuing to label me a “Jew hater” for criticizing Israeli policy or your writing-off Israeli terrorism as “patriotism.”
Let's see now....where will Israeli Jews be invited in the world for survival if those loving "defenders of the faith" complete their intentions? And, oh, btw, where will the Christians in the territory go...esp. when they're given signals in their most sacred shrines being overtaken as a pretty loud warning that their own personal shrines/temples of the body will end up similarly? And I wouldn't suggest the U.S. since in the big cities of refuge Jewish threats are gaining ground. Similar things in all those other civilized and most welcoming cities of "diversity" in the EU....maybe because laws are being skewed in favor of those other more demanding strangers over the local citizenry. Any different kind of welcome expected now in the world as when the holocaust itself was known? All that sand...and nowhere offered but the limited ghetto for the beloved "Palestinians". Of course expected since they're too useful to the cause!
We are Catholics, brothers and sisters in Christ with Christians in the Middle East. Our suffering Christian brothers and sisters are telling us that the secular state of Israel is participating in their persecution along with leaders of the supposed "free world". I will believe them before any European, American or Israeli politician every single time. You ignore them if you want but save all the anti-Semitism stuff for the likes of John McCain and AIPAC who have used and abused it to the extent that it is losing any credibility outside the US.
I'm assuming that the "you" there and the "all the anti-Semitism stuff" wasn't directed personally at myself....for my comment you quote is no basis for such. We are all intended, ultimately, IF conditions of the personal human will would permit, to be brothers and sisters of all human beings....as all are, whether aware of it or not, children of Mary and over whom she was given care. One should not as well ignore the actual conditions in fact now nor in history and just acknowledging such real conditions should not receive any knee jerk response that only adds to more division within the "usual suspects".
No, the anti-Semitism stuff wasn't directed personally at you. To be honest, I'm sick of hearing about the poor persecuted Jews when the facts show that Christians are the most persecuted people in the world. Anyone who thinks that Israel will be a safe refuge for Christians is in for a shock. The Israeli's are no strangers to population replacement. It's time for us to wise up to who have been the main powers behind the Western media and Hollywood which have been promoting the anti-Christian and more specifically anti-Catholic agenda throughout the world. It wasn't Muslims. Not apostate Muslims and not believing Muslims. And there's nothing Islamic about AIPAC which carries a great deal of clout in US politics and has done for decades. ISIS should have been a wake-up call for all Christians. Ethnic cleansing is happening to Christians for the sake of Israel and all we hear are cries of anti-Semitism and poor persecuted Jews in Europe. I'm sick, sore and weary of Israel getting a pass. Through baptism, those Middle Eastern Christians are our brothers and sisters in Christ and I would be extremely surprised if some if not many of them share the same ethnic roots as Jesus and the Apostles. While the Apostles were ethnic Jews, they shared our Christian faith. Faith always trumps ethnicity in my book. Our neighbour is all mankind, and that includes Muslims whose countries are being destroyed just as much as it includes Jews. The Jews in Europe are not being persecuted. They have plenty of protection - far more than Catholics who have no laws protecting them from hate speech or discrimination. While they continue to be the neighbour I am obliged to love, apostate Jews are no more entitled to my loyalty than any other group. Middle Eastern Christians have first call on my sympathy and loyalty. Powerful, apostate Jews have flogged the anti-Semitism card to death and if European Jews are feeling nervous, they should look a little closer to home if they want someone to blame - starting with George Soros.
