“I think you’re short-sighted when it comes to Putin. Once KGB, always KGB.”
Well, I didn’t say I trusted or liked him. Putin is a Russian nationalist; he is no promoter of democracy and his political theories owe more to Nicholas II than Edmund Burke. Putin is, however, a man who is willing to do what is necessary to advance the interests of Mother Russia which he identifies with the Russian Orthodox Church. Bush isn’t willing to do what is necessary to advance the interests of the United States and certainly isn’t interested in advancing the interests of Christianity or Judaism, though he has shown a great tenderness for Mohammedanism.
Oh, and those Iranians; bad bunch...but unlike Bush’s pals in the Iraqi and Kosovo governments, they aren’t killing off their native Christians.
Because there's hardly any left! There's less than 150,000 in the entire country.
Not only that, but Iran is useful to him at the moment.
God willing, Putin WILL become like Nicholas II the Holy Tsar-Martyr.......Nicholas II defended the Orthodox everywhere, and defended the interests of the Church.............
His policies owe more to Tsar Alexander the Third than to Nicholas.
Further There should be one Russian church, and there is. Those holding out on church properties are schismatics plain and simple.