A Russian orthodox priest blesses a SU-27 SM fighter jet on the airfield of Belbek military airport outside Sevastopol
Posted on 09/30/2015 8:05:07 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Russian orthodox priest blesses a SU-27 SM fighter jet on the airfield of Belbek military airport outside Sevastopol
The Russian Orthodox Church has backed the country's parliamentary decision to give President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force in Syria, saying the fight against terrorism is a "holy war".
The head of Synodal department for church and society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, told journalists on 30 September that the decision from the upper chamber of parliament, the Federation Council, to authorise air strikes in Syria was "consistent with international law, the mentality of our people and the role that our country has always played in the Middle East", according to Interfax news agency.
He added that Russia cannot be indifferent while Christians and other minority groups are being destroyed in the region. The interreligious council of Russia released a statement in support of military operations against terrorism in the Middle East. "The fight against terrorism is a holy struggle and today our country is perhaps the most active force in the world to combat terrorism," the priest said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
Good for the ruskies..they have the cohones.
Vlad The Crusader
Same article, same publication.
Russia in Syria: Air strikes on Homs are ‘holy war against terrorism’ says Russian Orthodox Church
ibtimes.co.uk ^ | September 30, 2015 14:22 BST | Gianluca Mezzofiore
Posted on 9/30/2015, 3:03:10 PM by Trumpinator
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3343063/posts
The Russian Orthodox Church wants to take Jerusalem.
If that was an American plane, the crew would be decommissioned and put in the brig for violating the sensitivities of non Christians in the blessing of the plane. We expect our planes to drop bombs to kill people and destroy things regardless of race, religion, and ethnicity. The kind of killing the Obama progressive can feel good about.
Yes!
That’s what the pope should’ve said — crusade against Muslim terrorists.
We are led by a nitwit. Vladmir will do what he does, and with the leadership we have has no standing to dispute anything. Again, the people who stayed home in 2012 who voted McCain in 2008, should look in the mirror to see whose fault this is. Romney was flawed domestically, but would have had the balls to fight Islamism.
Russians have been dealing with Muslims for centuries, they know better than all of the blowhard rhetoric leftists like to spew.
Funny how Eastern Europe, the part that actually had to deal with Muslims the most, doesn’t buy the “multicultural” crap.
Which is why Obama hates it, like he hates anything Christian.
He’s on the other team, and we know who heads that team.
or Vlad the Impaler part 2!
The FSA, what's left of them, are aligned with Al Nusra in the south.
An Al Qaeda affiliate.
They do have some common endeavor with the Kurds and the Christian militias in the north, but down south they fight with Al Nusra.
Most of FSA is smoking from the hookah in Turkey, those who have not defected to the Islamist militias.
FSA is an illusion created by CIA, Turk and Saudi Intelligence.
Man, I would love to see the Pope do the same thing.
Free Syrian Army (FSA)
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army
Excerpt:
Allies
Islamic Front[9]
People’s Protection Units[10]
Syriac Military Council[11]
Opponents
Syrian Armed Forces
National Defense Force
al-Nusra Front[12][13][14][15]
Jund al-Aqsa[16]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[17]
“Russia is bombing towns in Syria that are controlled by anti-regime rebels — and not by ISIS “
Liberal propaganda. Obama apologist and neocons can’t stand the thought of Putin actually taking the fight to ISIS. He knows if Russia has to wait for O’ZERO to act he’ll be waiting till hell freezes over.
Hey Vlad, I bet the domain www.ussr.gov is still available!
The BBC has been full of that liberal propaganda today.
Every once in a while, I wonder just when I left Earth for Bizzaro world.
Russia is having priests bless planes attacking Christian killing muslims, and we fire SpecOps soldiers for trying to stop our allies raping young boys.
They want Constantinople first.
Russia now has the Turks surrounded on all sides.
They have also been working deals with Israel. Israel is going to drift to whomever will give them the most support.
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