Click to ENLARGE. News story snippets from ‘Google News‘ (today).
I am a news junkie. I check ‘Google News‘ & the U.K. ‘Daily Mail’, multiple times a day, to see what is new. These two stories came up, kind of back-to-back, on Google.
WOW.
Not sure whether to believe the first. But, the SECOND is verifiable (by others (of course)) and as such must have (at a minimum) a modicum of truth.
Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’ & ‘Wikipedia‘.
Way back, on February 25, 2022, at the start of this sorry invasion of Ukraine by bloody Russia I was so happy & impressed that Pope Francis made the unprecedented move of personally going to lodge his concerns with the Russian Ambassador to the Vatican. Alas, in the intervening two-months, as his health & well-being continues to decline his posture towards Russia has started to waver.
He needs to be CAREFUL. Very careful. We have, alas, already had Hitler’s Pope. Rome, however hard you try to gloss over the facts, did NOT come out well re. its posture & actions during WWII. Now, Francis, who should no better, is walking on thin ice.
To even allude to that is STUPID & ignorant. Unbecoming of a reasonable adult, let alone a Pope.
Yes, Francis is old, possibly flirting with senality. Then there is also the fact that he, as I have repeatedly pointed out, is the ‘Donald Trump’ of popes. To him, it is NOT THE OFFICE, it is all about the ‘cult of personality’. He doesn’t see himself as Pope — and we know he relinquished ALL of the historic titles given to a Pope. He sees himself as this Pop Star — Pope Francis, The Man. Donald Trump in a while cassock. So, yes, he likes to say the darnest things to get publicity. He, like Trump, really doesn’t care.
I am, as you can tell, NOT amused.
Francis is crazy to blame this on NATO.
European leaders should have some harsh words for him.
Yes, he lives in an independent state that is NOT a NATO member.
But he is totally surrounded by Italy, a staunch NATO member. He should just remember that.
All of his powers & bluster are restricted to the Vatican. He is just a man when he steps into Italy. SMILE.
The U.S. does NOT belong to the International Criminal Court — as you can see from the Wikipedia image above.
So, to put it simply, the U.S. has NO standing (whatsoever) at this Court.
So, the U.S. cannot have anyone tried for war crimes. Plain & simple as that.
So, Biden, as is so often the case now, is talking total TRIPE. Biden has become an embarrassment. Biden is a liability. Moreover, I am now fairly sure that the Biden family is in Putin’s pocket — having taken significant handouts from Russia in the past.
A few hours earlier, during my walk in the snow, I was wondering what Pope Francis would — or could — do. Then I saw this news. I was IMPRESSED. I was delighted. I was gratified. Way to go, Pope Francis. I knew you still had some good & spunk left in you. THANK YOU.
NO. He did NOT go to the Russian Embassy to Italy. That would have been monumental. Plus, he couldn’t have done that without violating multiple diplomatic protocols.
Instead he visited the Russian Embassy to the Holy See. Big difference. That is the Russian Embassy for the Vatican & located very nearby. But, it was a HUGE symbolic gesture. It took guts to do it. I am IMPRESSED. I am delighted. I am gratified. Way to go, Pope Francis.
Russia is NOT a Catholic nation! Putin is, at BEST, nominally Russian Orthodox. The pope really has not much sway over him.
This is NOT like WWII when much of Germany was Catholic.
But, Francis TRIED. He made a gesture. Good on YA pope.
It sure as hell is NOT going to be ‘Biden‘. Biden is old, tired & gutless. He is even worse that ‘Neville Chamberlain‘. It definitely will not be ‘Kamala Harris‘! She, quite literally, does not have the kahunas. ‘Boris Johnson‘ has some of the Winston spunk but he, alas, does not have the standing, following, experience or charisma. ‘Macron’ has already tried BUT he also, unfortunately, doesn’t have the clout. And THIS is what is going to be the difference.
WE, the free world, lacks a CHAMPION.
Don’t start jabbering on about starting a nuclear war. We have had over 50 years to plan for this. Nuclear deterrent & all of that. The trillions & trillions spent on the military & we now claim we don’t have an option? Ah?
To make the claim that Ukraine is NOT a NATO country is lame. Ukraine has been trying to become a NATO country. But, let’s put that aside.
What will we (i.e., NATO) do if Russia makes a move on Poland?
Why can’t we do that same move NOW — preemptively?
So, if Russia encroaches on Poland we will RISK a nuclear confrontation — BUT we will NOT do that for Ukraine? Is that what this is all about.
What happens if Russia attacks us with a cyberwar?
These sanctions are a BLOODY JOKE. The only risk to Putin is he might have a choking fit as he laughs at how impotent Biden is.
This, alas, is not a JOKE. This is serious.
Those that have studied WWII understand the pivotal role that Churchill played. Hitler knew that Churchill was his enemy.
Where is OUR Churchill?
Without a Churchill things will be very BLEAK for US & the World.
Much, quite a bit of it rather disturbing, has been happening in Eastern Europe, instigated by Russia (under ‘Putin’), over the last few weeks. Though it is headline news in Europe there is scant mention of it in the U.S. though the ‘White House’ is (obviously) very engaged, & V.P. ‘Kamala Harris’ is talking about it while in Paris. It is like we are right back into the worst of ‘Cold War‘ tension.
I, true to my roots, try to keep abreast of news in Europe on a daily basis. That the U.K. ‘Daily Mail’ is the ONLY paper I read daily — & do so multiple times a day — helps.
There is a real possibility that thinks could get real ugly over there soon. So, this might be a good time to brush up on your East European geography so as to be able to better follow & understand what is happening — & where.
