Posted on 10/23/2015 12:19:39 PM PDT by Trumpinator
“This is generally the holy land,” he explained. “It is for us [Russians] our land. It was from there came to us a civilization. Maybe someone forgot. Antioch gave us the first monks.”
He continued, “When we celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty all liturgy led not to Russian Orthodox Church, but to Antioch. Would not it be for Antioch, there would be no Orthodoxy and Russia. This is our land!”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8c5ATBABQQ
This is commonly accepted though seldom quite so openly expressed as the rationale for Russian aggression in the Middle East. Not unlike the mentality that spawned the Crusades. Things are coming to a boil soon.
The Muslim majority might have a thing or three to say about that!
Start with restoring Constantinople first, then we’ll talk.
Yes, we should all fear the Muslims! /sarc
He’s only searching for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
Maybe is ISIS just turns it over to him, he’ll leave them alone.
Russia can have it.
Maybe the Muslims will Not be a Majority in the future? Maybe Christians will dominate once again?
Gog and Magog.
I can’t imagine how angry this is going to make BHO!
I' love to see the Rooskies fightin' them for real. None of that ROE bull.
Don’t believe this crap.
Look at a map.
The only place a pipeline from the Gulf delivering natural gas or crude would HAVE to go through Syria.
Gas or oil flowing to Europe from the south would put Russia out of business. They currently control the heat in Berlin. If Russia loses THAT, their economy would stop. It behooves Russia to stop that at ALL Costs.
A deal with Iran to split control of Iraq would put the pressure on Saudi Arabia.
The price of oil would go up.
THAT makes them all happy. Except the Saudis. And no one likes them.
Russia can control through absolute power or the threat of power by taking over one country, and influencing one more. Talk about efficient.
If Russia cared that much about Christians and Muslims they would have bombed places a hell of a lot closer than Syria.
The russians, as wrong,and as evil as they are, will not give a rat’s rosy red about what mooselimes say. They will SUBMIT in a way duh-bya should have made them submit, but didn’t.
yeah, the russian dont have many ROE.
more people just needs more bullets.
All of Europe was going to have something to say about Hitler i assume.
If saddam, assad, Qaddafi and whoever was in egypt could keep them down, so could Russia, i think.
i could be wrong.
yes, we don’t know if the motivations are to be believed or if they believe them. But maybe they do. No way to know. It could be a big deal for some Russians. I know Syria has had lots of Russians move there to retire, etc in the Cold War days...
Exactly, oil and pipelines. Saudis are keeping the price of oil low and Russia ... more accurately Putin is hurting.
Putin wants to control the M.E. and all oil and gas. Obama gave him the opportunity. China wants in on the M.E. oil too that is why they are there.
There is nothing remotely Christian about Putin or Russia. Russia is our enemy and they will bring armies against Israel.
I think that for the time being they (Putin and Bibi) will agree to stay out of each other’s way. “So long as their interests” remain separate.
But watch out when Isreal’s gas production comes on line.
“The Muslim majority might have a thing or three to say about that!”
Probably, but you should remember that those Syrian Mohammedans are the descendants of the Christians left behind when the rest of us boogied as the armies of Mohammad’s successors show up.
They likely won’t want much to do with Western Christians, but with Orthodox Christians, well, that might be a different story.
I never thought I’d see the day. The Russians are calling the Christian Holy Land *their* land.
And our president says we’re not a Christian country.
That's peanuts compared to the oil under the Golan Heights.
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