Is President Trump somehow betraying the Kurds?
This is just another stick to beat the Trump piñata with.
We
need to get outta there. That area of the world ate up Roman
legions and a number of Roman emperors -- Julian the Apostate comes to
mind, but so does the far more worthy Valerian.
It's
a part of the world trapped in endless, endemic war, and was before the
coming of Islam or the Mongols hoards. (Islam and the Mongol hoards
made it worse.)
George
H.W. Bush "betrayed" the Kurds, too, as did his son. Hell, the Kurds
were "betrayed" by Picot and Sykes after WWI. The Brits "betrayed" them
again when they left Iraq after WWII. The only "peace" the Kurds knew
was when the Achaemenid Persian Empire ruled that entire
area, and ironically enough, it was a Western conqueror, none other than
Alexander himself, who overthrew them and ushered yet another
millennium of brutal slaughter.
If Alex couldn't pull it off, who are we to try?
We need to get out. It's as simple as that.
A "great power" is precisely that because it can chose when to fight, and when not to fight. Read Sun Tzu.
In
fact, I think President Trump will do that region more good by us
getting outta there than us staying. If we leave, and ignore the idiotic
provocations of both Iran and Turkey, both of the regimes might well
fall; they're probably headed for a collision course with each other
anyway. If they're chaos grows, then powers more in need of the region's oil can become involved.
Israel can defend itself. It's a nuclear nation and nothing terrifies like nukes, which is why the Iranians want nukes so badly, of course.
AnP
Julian the Apostate? No. Julian the Penitent! Far worse than Walerian? I am sending you a longer own text in which I explain why you need to change the assessment of this Christian Emperor.
ReplyDeleteThe Fire thrown upon earth
Browsing routinely Canon 212 website I came across the message https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/09/04/man-reportedly-throws-candelabra-off-main-altar-in-st-peters /: "According to Italian news agency ANSA, on Wednesday morning a man climbed onto the main altar at the center of St. Peter’s basilica, which sits beneath the famed leafy canopy ... and threw a candelabra to the floor." This event logically complements my own text 'The Bones that prophesy' dated September 1, 2019.
This is not one of the many altars in this edifice, but the most important: the papal one. This altar was personally consecrated by Pope Clement VIII on June 26, 1594, commemoration day of saints John and Paul from Rome. They were courtiers of Constance, daughter of Emperor Constantine the Great. As faithful Christians, they were sentenced to death AD362 for refusing to serve Emperor Julian the Apostate. Their names (John and Paul) are fixed in the canon of the mass. Most likely, exactly 12 months after their beheading, the Apostate himself died on June 26, AD363, after suffering a fatal wound a few days earlier. Before he gave up his ghost, he uttered this famous phrase: "You have won, Galilean." It was a declaration of faith in Jesus Christ and a testimony of perfect regret. Saint Mercurius the Soldier stabbed the Apostate with a skillful hand in such a way that he had time to examine his conscience and show remorse. The Lord Jesus wins by saving souls, not pushing them into the abyss of damnation. The martyrdom of John and Paul had its fruit: they proved to be better servants than their master, Emperor Julian, could have imagined - they won the wreath of eternal life for him.
Thus, the consecration of the Papal Altar in Saint Peter's Basilica was made 1232 years after the martyrdom of John and Paul and 1231 after the miraculous intervention of Saint Mercurius for the benefit of the emperor Julian the Penitent, as one should consistently call him. In the same year (1594), Pope Clement VIII, canonized, somewhat earlier (April 17), in Rome, Saint Jacek Odrowąż (Saint Jacinto or Hyacinte) called "Lux ex Silesia", i.e. he carried "the Light from Silesia" on the altars (Silesia, a province in Poland). Two years later, on December 23, 1596, the same pope issued the bull 'Magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis', in which he announced the admission of the Orthodox church in the Polish Crown to the community with Rome.
June 26, 1968, on the day of commemoration of Saints John and Paul, 1606 years after their martyrdom and 1605 years after the intervention of Saint Mercurius and the conversion of Emperor Julian the Penitent, Pope Paul VI confirms the authenticity of the relics (9 bone fragments) of Saint Peter the Apostle found during excavations in the 1940s in the Vatican Basilica.
I closed the text 'The Bones that prophesy' with the conclusion about setting the Fire-Paraclete on the candlestick (Fanar), so that it would shine to all those destined for God's Kingdom on earth. The throwing of the candelabra from the Papal Altar on the Vatican on September 4, 2019 means:
Jesus threw the Paraclete' Fire on earth in the Roman Catholic Church. He did not do it in the Orthodox, Maronite or any other church, but in a place where only the pope, the visible head of the militant Church could celebrate. After the dissolution of the papacy in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI (February 28, 2013) his place is taken by the Paraclete.
[...to be continued]
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ReplyDeleteBefore our very eyes, Rome returns to paganism because did not accept the Paraclete. That is why His light will shine elsewhere: in New Rome, "Constantinople," or the new Eternal City.
There are usually 6 candles on the Papal Altar, so after throwing 1 piece there are 5. This obvious statement is not obvious in the arrangement of celestial bodies on the starry sky. Why did this sign on the ground (the candelabra in Rome) appeared on September 4? Because that day Mercury came into superior conjunction with the Sun! Mars was still in the Sun (it had its solar conjunction 2 days earlier), Venus right next to them, and all this heavenly group, Sun ('0') - Mars ('4') - Mercury ('1') - Venus ('2 '), was in the constellation Leo (= from the tribe of Judah) on the border of the Sextans. Luna ('13') in Libra (the Scale) went to meet Antares (= Heart of the Great Convert) and Jupiter ('5') in Ophiuchus (= Descendant of the Woman Crushing the Snake's head); Saturn ('6') resided in Sagittarius under Scutum (the Sobieski's Shield with residuum '4'). Simple calculations show that on that day the Virgin Mother (Venus-Luna) was in a special company of the Paraclete represented in the sky by Jupiter (= Roman emperor, or king of kings) and Saturn (= from the House of David). And Mercury ('1')? With Mars ('4') he made '5' together, because this is the Fire our Lord Jesus Christ ('4') wanted to throw on earth. And He threw it!
The circumstances of the conversion and death of Emperor Julian (and choosing of the new ruler) also confirm the above interpretation. The name Julian is derived from Jupiter (Jupiter, '5'). When during the battle of Samarra in Persia, June 22, 363, he was hit by the spear of St. Mercurius ('1') his wound must have been burning like fire. Aware that he would not escape death, he ordered his body buried behind the walls of Tarsus. He was an exceptionally intelligent man, an erudite, and the last disposition was an evident testimony of his metanoia: as a converted penitent, he ordered to bury his mortal remains in the same area, where the Pharisee Saul, a cruel persecutor of Christians, was converted to get out of the water of Holy Baptism as Paul! (After some time the remains of the emperor were exhumed and placed in a porphyry sarcophagus in the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. Despite the destruction of this temple by Muslims, the sarcophagus of Julian the Penitent has survived to this day!) After the death of Julian, the legion commanders offered the title of emperor to the Prefect of the East Saturninius ('6 ') Secundus Salutius. When he refused, the nomination was accepted by general Jovianus (= Jupiter '5') from Singidunum (today Belgrade, Serbia). Emperor Jovianus, retreating with the army from Persia, pave the way to fulfill the last will of the deceased emperor and bury him at Tarsus. Upon reaching Constatinople, he immediately restored Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Emperor Julian the Penitent is one of the great converts, like Saint Paul the Apostle or Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, and as such is a type of the Paraclete, one of the converted prodigal sons of Our Mother the Holy Church. Jesus and Mary will light this Fire when it seems that the gates of hell have prevailed over the Church. (In general opinion, Emperor Julian remains as an 'Apostate' as if hell had won his soul, and yet he is a glorious Penitent.)
Sept. 10, 2019, the commemoration of Saint Aelia Pulcheria Augusta Imperatrix, (the Empress)