Posted on 05/19/2016 8:15:42 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
This Pope never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity or proselytize for Islam no matter how many millions of murdered Christians lay before him.
The Pope is the gift that keeps on giving -- to Islamic supremacists.
Blaming the global jihad war on 'Iraq' negates the half a billion victims of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements over the past 1,400 years.
"Pope Francis: Muslim Terrorism is the West's Fault," By Daniel Greenfield, FPM, May 18, 2016:
Is anything ever the fault of Muslims? Not to the left. Muslims have no agency. They just respond to what we do.
Q: The fear of accepting migrants is partly based on a fear of Islam. In your view, is the fear that this religion sparks in Europe justified?
Pope Francis: Today, I don't think that there is a fear of Islam as such but of ISIS and its war of conquest, which is partly drawn from Islam. It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew's Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest.
In the face of Islamic terrorism, it would therefore be better to question ourselves about the way in an overly Western model of democracy has been exported to countries such as Iraq, where a strong government previously existed. Or in Libya, where a tribal structure exists. We cannot advance without taking these cultures into account. As a Libyan said recently, "We used to have one Gaddafi, now we have fifty."
Ultimately, co-existence between Christians and Muslims is still possible. I come from a country where they co-habit on good terms. Muslims come to venerate the Virgin Mary and St George. Similarly, they tell me that for the Jubilee Year Muslims in one African country formed a long queue at the cathedral to enter through the holy door and pray to the Virgin Mary. In Central Africa, before the war, Christians and Muslims used to live together and must learn to do so again. Lebanon also shows that this is possible.
Lebanon? Is that really the example that the Pope wants to use of peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims? It was either that or Iraq. Meanwhile in Pope Francis' country, Muslims carried out the worst terrorist attack in the region. I believe the third worst in the continent.
But let's get back to that second paragraph.
Yes, the Libyan intervention was a disaster. I've spoken out quite a bit about it. But let's also not forget that Gaddafi had been sponsoring terrorist attacks long before it. And not in response to "Western democracy".
Gaddafi's Lockerbie bombing killed two people from the Pope's native Argentina. Which means he ought to remember it.
Muslim terrorism is active, not reactive. It has typical colonialist goals. It is part of a history of Jihad that dates back over a thousand years. ISIS is one manifestation of Islamic terror, but most of the worst terror attacks in Europe were not carried out by ISIS. Islamic terrorists have been carrying out attacks in Europe for decades. Long before any regime change happened.
The overall impression though is that Pope Francis has no notion of how to engage with the reality of Islamic terrorism. All he can do is default to the left's usual tired critiques of the West. And that's not good enough.
Oh PLEASE Pope Francis!
A lunatic-type statement.
Pope Chè strikes again!
The risen Jesus said to His apostles, “Go ye therefore and teach all nations”.
Nothing about conquering with the sword.
I’m getting tired of this pope. Anyone else agree?
My apologies to those devout Catholics who honor their Holy Father.
His grasp of history is so flawed that his statements set him apart as the great quisling Pope.
He’s just saying what he’s been told to say....or else. IMO
He’s way off base....Islam wants to conquer...just like Hitler. World Domination. Convert or die.
I am a Catholic and as each day comes and goes, I am getting embarrassed by Pope Francis.
....Or pay a special tax.
As am I, Biggirl.
Are they letting men into women’s restrooms at the Vatican?
Papa is slightly nuts.
Oh General David Petraeus, trying telling that to one Mr. Donald J. Trump just after news of this plane having gone down. He KNEW it was terrorism!
In one sense he’s right, but not for the reasons given. US policy stupidly revived jihadism. For example, the US funded Pakistan to in turn fund the Taliban against Russia. We all know how that turned out. Likewise, stupid Obama policy allowed them resurgence of Daesh. However it’s possible, and even likely, that the muslim in the White House deliberately encouraged this to happen. Even in this case the West is responsible for stupidly allowing a muslim to assume office. However, to blame the West for individual acts of terror is idiocy gone to seed. It’s a shame this pope won’t stand against evil like the one who stood with Reagan against the Soviet Union.
So is London classified as West with their Muslim mayor?
Wow. This guy equates Islamic world-wide enslavement and slaughter to Jesus' command to go out into the world and make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Just unbelievable.
I presume his minders will come out later and say that he was misquoted.
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