Putin's Condolences following the death of Fidel Castro in 2016

“I offer my deepest condolences to you and the entire Cuban nation over the death of your brother, the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro.

The name of this remarkable statesman is rightfully viewed as a symbol of a whole era in modern history. Free and independent Cuba built by him and his fellow revolutionaries has become an influential member of the international community and serves as an inspiring example for many countries and peoples.

Fidel Castro was a sincere and reliable friend of Russia. He made a tremendous personal contribution to the establishment and progress of Russian-Cuban relations, close strategic partnership in all areas.

This strong and wise man always looked into the future with confidence. He embodied the high ideals of a politician, citizen and patriot who wholeheartedly believed in the cause, to which he devoted his life. Russians will always cherish his memory in their hearts.

In this mournful hour, I ask you to pass on my words of sympathy and support to all members of your family. I wish you courage and tenacity as you face this irreparable loss.

Trump was a huge blessing and America is doing amazing things, declaring Jerusalem capital of Israel for one. (I am not some political Israel lobbyist, but historically this is returning us to the days of Christian Europe when all world maps had Jerusalem at the center.)

Sanctity of Life day being declared, religious freedoms being protected again, righteousness restored in our courts!

God is definitely blessing this country.

Paulie, we are NOT going to war (militarily) with Russia! I count two (active) Russian airmen among my dear friends by the way, and Russian military troops in general have more aspirations to visit, work, or experience life in the U.S. than to ever dream of fighting against people from the culture they most admire and which dominates their music playlist, their movie list, books, their bucketlist of places to see, etc...etc...

But in terms of ideological warfare and for the sake of protecting the integrity of the historical record: Putin and his supporters need to be taken to task for the fraud that he is.

His sick revisionist narratives of the world need to be addressed. Honestly even moreso in Russia than here. As this article points out:

In Russia, as in much of the post-Soviet space, the past is the present. From Ukraine to Belarus to Poland and Lithuania, historical narratives of communism, World War II, the Holocaust and the Holodomor—Ukraine’s Terror-Famine—are being reviewed, revised and in many cases manipulated to serve new ideological trends.

In Russia, the elephant in the room is Stalin’s repressions—quite possibly the largest yet least understood crime of the 20th century. Despite its scale, outside a relatively small group of historical memory activists, the repressions are not a matter of national conversation.

Following a brief period of revelations in the wake of perestroika, the fog of silence is thickening once again, pushing the memory of the events out of Russian consciousness and, with it, out of that of humanity.

Note: this denialism is in large part due to the reins Putin was given over the historical narrative and bodes ill for everyone who wants the lessons of the past to be learned, but especially Russians. As the past continues to stall and haunt the place - and is the biggest factor contributing to instability in the region. (Namely the defacto war with Ukraine and tensions with its other neighbors in Europe.)

http://www.newsweek.com/why-are-memories-stalin-terror-being-buried-528886

Okay.

But one thing’s for sure, we all shouldn’t be ‘at war’ with each other. The battle for our country requires us to be unified.

Not pointing any fingers; I’m as guilty as anyone for ‘shooting from the hip’ with snarky comments that are uncalled for.

Still with the world situation the way that it is, I am mighty glad we have a CIC like President Trump. We can ill afford another 0bama.

I really wouldn’t say Monarchism and Empires are all that similar to Communism and Fascism. Let’s not forget that Communism/Fascism and its ilk got its start with the French Revolution when the Jacobins murdered their king and instituted the Reign of Terror, and the Founding Fathers, many of whom were not particular fans of the monarchy, nonetheless decried the French Revolutionaries as being even WORSE than the monarchists (some even had the foresight to see that it was going to end very badly). If anything, Communism and Fascism have more in line with Anarchism than they do Monarchism, also democracies (or more specifically, mobocracies). Besides, a lot of Disney movies and fairy tales show Monarchism in a good light, and God IS a monarch.

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