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Category Archives: War
Ukraine Resource Photos: NeoNazis
Team Mates, Sen. Cruz and Amb. Nuland: War Against Germans Heating Homes.
Neocon Republicans support the socialistic, anti-capitalistic, goal of crushing free trade and their enemy, Russia, no matter whom it hurts.
Senator John Thune’s Hero
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U.S. Congress Awarding Zelensky our Flag. I find this totally Reprehensible. Here is the flag from my father’s funeral on January 6th.
Zelensky Perverted Dancing
Christmas, Peace, and War: Ukraine
After four months of horrible deaths, more than 200,000 at Ypres alone, on the eve of Advent, Pope Benedict appealed to the warring parties that they should “cease the clang of arms while Christendom celebrates the Feast of the world’s Redemption.”
That was December, 1914. Would that the Patriarchs voiced such a plea today.
The Great War began with Austria attacking Serbia after the murder of the Austrian Archduke and his wife, Sophia. Long standing provocations by Serbia stood in the background.
Seeking to avert a larger war, the allies of Serbia and Austria sought to mediate preventative measures. Czar Nicholas of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (and King George of England) were cousins and long standing friends since childhood, being grandsons of Queen Victoria.
In a flurry of correspondence, known as the Willy-Nicky Telegrams, they sought to avoid a wider war. [They signed the letters with their childhood nicknames.]
On 28 July, Vienna declared war on Serbia.
On 29 July, in a telegram to Willy, Nicky noted the “indignation” of his public over the invasion of their ally, Serbia.
“I shall be overwhelmed by the pressure forced upon me and be forced to take extreme measures which will lead to war.”
He asked Willy to act as a mediator. Willy perceptively feared “involving Europe in the most horrible war she has ever known.”
“I fully understand how difficult it is for you and your government to face the drift of your public opinion.”
The Kaiser felt the same pressures.
On 30 July, Willy noted that in the face of military mobilizations, “my role as mediator…will be endangered if not ruined.”
On 31 July, following the mobilization of Russian troops, Willy complained, “my mediation has been made almost illusory.”
“Responsibilities for the safety of my empire force preventative measures of defense upon me.”
Nicky’s telegram stated, “It is technically impossible to stop our military preparations…[they are] obligatory…my troops shall not make any provocative action. I give you my solemn word on that.”
On 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia.
On 3 August, Germany declared war on France
On 4 August, King George declared war on Germany. The war to end all wars was underway.
World War I started as two close friends desperately tried to avoid a wider war as public sentiment and bureaucratic powers worked against them. Today, there are no good actors. Propaganda drives public sentiment. This horrendous propaganda pushed by the American main stream media has nothing to counterbalance the bi-partisan war mongers. There are no clues that our politicians even know the basic history (link) behind this tragedy.
Where will lead today’s sabre rattling? Prime Minister Boris Johnson with the American neocons firmly behind him, scuttled the peace negotiations in April. He promised more war machines and money. The U.S. goal of “bleeding Putin” (to quote a friend in Europe) as President Biden stated his desire for “regime change” in Russia, all point to disaster ahead.
Ukraine Debacle Timeline
Timeline Ukraine War
1990 Germany Reunited
-Germany to remain member of NATO.
-Pledge: No Further Expansion of NATO to the East.
MAP of NATO EXPANSION
U.S.A. Broke its word.
“2008…Ukraine…Red Line”
American Communique at end to 2008 Bucharest NATO Meeting:
2014 U.S. Backed Coup in Ukraine. Maidan.
- Ukraine Parliament outlaws Russian language
- Donbass Does not accept Government Coup
- Civil War
2022 Russia Invades Ukraine After 8 years of Ukraine War in Donbass
Russia’s Stated Goals: Denazification and Demilitarization of Ukraine.
Care to understand UKRAINE? Prof. Mearsheimer lays out BASICS that underlie the CRISIS for which “The West is principally responsible…” THIS was over TWO YEARS AGO. Miss intro, start at 5′ mark, thru 29 min. And then 36 min, following…
The USA was willing to risk Nuclear War to keep Russian Missiles out of Cuba. What do you think Russia will risk to keep American Missiles off of its border?
Hiroshima,75 Years Ago: Top Military Leaders Speak
Charles Spurgeon: “…nothing can be more abhorrent to the Christian man than wholesale slaughter.”
Hiroshima After the Bomb, 1945; 75th Anniversary, August 6, 2020
I voiced to him* my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives.
—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (*to Sec. of War before the dropping of the bomb)
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The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.
— Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
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The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all.
— Major General Curtis LeMay
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The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment … It was a mistake to ever drop it … [the scientists] had this toy and they wanted to try it out, so they dropped it …
— Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
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The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender.… in being the first to use it, we…adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.
–Adm. William Leahy, President Truman’s Chief of Staff
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Shadows of Hiroshima, 1945
{Fake History Hunter on twitter pointed out that this image is an artist’s creation. Actual images of famous shadow pictures from the bombs at link below.}
One voice from that day: “‘Murata-san, the housekeeper, was nearby, crying over and over, “Shu Jesusu, awaremi tamai! Our Lord Jesus, have pity on us!”’
Images left by the blast where people stood. More shadow photos (link)
November 11th. One Hundred Years: Christians, What Have We Learned?
November 11th, marks the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day, ending the warfare in 1918.
The Great War. The War to End All Wars. World War I. (It prepared the seedbed for its sequel, World War II. We still live with a century of consequences.)
Conservative Wm. F. Buckley, Jr., called it an unnecessary war. Another called it Satanic carnage.
Stanley Weintraub, in A Stillness Heard Round the World, chronicles the celebrations that broke out on that day. Work ceased, bells rang; sirens and whistles pierced the air. Buildings were emptied and throngs filled the streets, celebrating with cowbells and drums; horns and tin pans. Singing and shouts filled the air. Newsboys shouted, “EXTRA!”
The First Lady picked up her mother and sister and drove down Pennsylvania Avenue, to the delight of the crowds. Orville Wright wrote, “We all rejoice this day…”
All this was on November 7th, the day of the famous False Truce. And it began all over again on November 11th.
“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive.”
–Wordsworth
(The epigraph in Stanley Weintraub’s book.)
On the battlefront, when the cease-fire came, one young lieutenant wrote home of his Marines, “The poor boys, some of them just dropped and cried.”
Few, today, realize that what is now Veterans Day began as Armistice Day—a holiday of thanksgiving for the end of the brutal fighting that ravaged Europe for over four years.
In the 1960s our clueless Congress changed the date to the fourth Monday in October (part of their three-day holiday weekend project). The World War I generation would not hear of it. I remember my grandmother firmly stating that Armistice Day was November 11th, NOT the fourth Monday of October. After a decade of standing up and speaking out by those who knew the true date and meaning, Congress restored the November 11th holiday, forty years ago, in 1978.
In his day, Charles Spurgeon asked, “Why does a peaceful nation bluster and threaten for a few months, and even commence fighting, when in a short time it sighs for peace, and illuminates its streets as soon as peace is proclaimed? The immediate causes differ, but the abiding reason is the same — man is fallen, and belongs to a race of which infallible revelation declares “their feet are swift to shed blood; destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace they have not known.”
In the West, November 11th also marks the Feast of St. Martin of Tours, whose most famous words are, “I am a soldier of Christ. It is not lawful for me to fight.”
Martin of Tours & Namesake Martin Luther (link)
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Human Slaughter
The Lord’s battles, what are they? Not the garment rolled in blood, not the noise, and smoke, and din of human slaughter. These may be the devil’s battles, if you please, but not the Lord’s. They may be days of God’s vengeance but in their strife the servant of Jesus may not mingle.(“War! War! War!” May 1, 1859)–Charles Spurgeon
Hiroshima After the Bomb, 1945; 70th Anniversary, August 6, 2015
I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives.
—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (to Sec. of War before the dropping of the bomb)
The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.
— Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all.
— Major General Curtis LeMay
The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment … It was a mistake to ever drop it … [the scientists] had this toy and they wanted to try it out, so they dropped it …
— Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr
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Link to Key Quotes on Christians and war by Charles Spurgeon. Evangelicals ought to have the integrity to read what this giant of the faith said on this subject,
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STAR WARS & Sgt. York (Cap’n Kidd Sails Again)
In the aftermath of “Vietnam,” war-weary Americans imbibed a playlist of anti-war movies. All seemed lost for despairing warriors. But, then, STAR WARS burst onto the scene and took the world by storm.
The mud and blood, and the smell of gunpowder and napalm gave way to this cool, clean, antiseptic environment, and lightsabres.
In another time warp, Cap’n Kidd has again weighed anchor. With the huge success of Hacksaw Ridge, amidst the carnage, Desmond Doss emerges as a real-life hero of the faith. As a pacifist Christian who refuses to ‘bear the sword’ with his fellow soldiers, he suffers alongside them, binding up their wounds and rescuing many from death.
But now we sight the Jolly Roger sailing toward us from beyond the horizon. Under the flag of The Gospel Coalition, Cap’n Kidd’s cannons capture our gaze—enter Sergeant York.
Like the sky-writing of an airplane with its contrail, the smoke of these fantastic cannons spells out, “Alvin York, Christian Soldier.”
And, yes, Alvin York, like Desmond Doss, was a devout Christian. And both were awarded the Medal of Honor.
“I always rejoice to find a soldier a Christian, but I always mourn to find a Christian a soldier,” wrote Charles Spurgeon [of Jaws fame (link); this is Jaws 2].
Like Desmond Doss, Alvin York came from a pacifist church. In 1915, Alvin York became a new Christian at a Church of Christ revival (Wesleyan-Holiness). WWI was on the horizon. Alvin York wrote, “I was worried clean through. I didn’t want to go and kill. I believed in my Bible.”
The Great War would soon deliver him (and thousands of other men) to boot camp. His Conscientious Objector status was denied. He appealed. Troubled, York spoke to his commanding officers, Major Buxton, a devout Christian and Captain Danforth, “Biblical passages about violence cited by Danforth persuaded York to reconsider…”
[How many times, recently, have we ‘learned’ the lesson of a person, in authority over others, taking advantage and convincing someone under them to do what they did not want to do?]
On The Western Front in 1918, a month before the truce, the sharpshooter Corporal York earned the Medal of Honor, killing German soldiers the “way we shoot turkeys at home” and capturing over 130 of them.
“But York still struggled with the killings, not entirely sure that God approved of his actions.”–Thomas S. Kidd.
Sgt. Alvin York struggled after the war with the question of giving permission to Hollywood to make a movie about him. He eventually relented in order to support a Bible School. And Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Actor. It was 1941, just in time for WWII.
A big part of the support for WWI came from Christian pastors. (If you would like to get the feel for that, read Mark Twain’s The War Prayer.) Wm. Buckley wrote that World War One was an unnecessary war. It was not a just war. Another described it as “satanic carnage.”
The salt lost its savour. The War to End All Wars and Versailles prepared the seedbed for the rise of a Hitler and World War, Part Two.
Charles Spurgeon [quotes link] concluded his above remark about soldiers with this: “The followers of Christ in these days seem to me to have forgotten a great part of Christianity.”
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