«In God we trust». The crisis in Ukraine. Any war waged by bullying and selfishness will always be lost to everyone
«IN GOD WE TRUST». THE CRISIS OF UKRAINE. ANY WAR MOVED BY PREPOTENCE AND EGOISM WILL ALWAYS BE LOST BY ANYONE
Another dirty economic war hidden behind the worn underpants of a now miserably failed Western liberal-capitalist democracy, thanks above all to those who trust in the dollar, but does not trust in God. While we, that instead we trust in the God of peace, we can do nothing but pray at the gates of this sad Lent.
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Ariel S. Levi di Gualdo
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With my comment I did not in any way want to approve or justify the actions implemented by President Vladimir Putin's Russia, whatever the real reasons, which we certainly ignore, or the real or perceived threat posed by Ukraine, a Ukraine in European or NATO orbit, I believe that we cannot justify a military intervention of attack and invasion like the one we are witnessing in recent days.
Blaming the West for its deviations does not automatically mean having a favorable attitude towards Putin, seen as the avenger or punisher.
Furthermore, we must consider that dealing with the Russian tanks and under the bombs are not the high echelons of Washington or the bureaucrats of Brussels who, at best, they made a huge error of judgment.
In Jerusalem, In the 70 d.C., when the Roman army led by Titus laid waste to the city and the Temple, not only some members of the Sanhedrin who condemned Christ were present, but many men, many women and many children who had no part in that affair but suffered that very painful situation, prophetically announced by the Lord.
However, it escapes me what positive values Putin brings (which is not synonymous with Russia).
Maybe of: either do as I say or I'll beat you up?
If Albania wanted to make an alliance with a country other than Italy, what we do, we bomb it because it is close to us and must not leave us?
Just as the fact that Ukrainians are fighting should not be ignored – in conditions of inferiority, and for this reason they deserve respect – not for Biden or Ursula or gay pride or homosexual unions (all stuff that disgusts them), but for the freedom and independence of their homeland. Which has suffered everything and more from Moscow, including some religious persecution and some suppression of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite. E’ our interest – and it's right, in the sense of duty of justice – wanting independence and friendship with Europe of all the former Soviet countries. Russia included, but without chauvinistic or Soviet imperialistic obsessions and dictators who, se sgarri, you end up poisoned (or bombed).
In parentheses: Khrushchev's missiles in Cuba were there for communism, not for Cuba (even if Fidel Castro cleverly confused the two to gain support among Cubans). And Khrushchev massacred the Hungarians in 1956 saying that he did it as brotherly help against the lackeys of the West. Exactly the same things Putin does now.
We few Catholics left, anything but perfect, rather, personally my figure is mediocrity, but we strive to follow a Christian path, we can share the cause, the values, America's interests? Of this America? The America of Nobel Peace Prize Obama and Clinton, del Black Lives Matter, of cancel culture and Me Too, by Bill Gates and by Jeff Bezos, del New York Times e del Washington Post, of synthetic meat and Californian pornography?
The same could be said for the European Union, the West when, autolodandosi, he talks about his values what exactly he means? Democracy, rights and freedoms? Democracy is evident in the treatment of the governments of Poland and Hungary, legitimately voted by the population, rights are not a given given that not even the right to be born is guaranteed, especially if you have a congenital disability, freedom is granted within established limits, you can make yourself ugly by committing all kinds of sins of lust but you cannot refuse to undergo the anti-Covid vaccination, you can ask for euthanasia or assisted suicide but you cannot refuse treatment for SARS-CoV-2, in this case even doctors and nurses will feel helpless and have ethical dilemmas.
Vaccination and treatment for Covid disease are good in themselves, I want to highlight the contradictions.
If we are Christians our cause is the eternal salvation of souls, our values are inspired by Faith, Hope and Charity, our interests are those of God.