METROPOLITAN HILARION: TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUE GROWING AND SPREADING LIKE A PLAGUE

OCN ^ | 05-07-2015 | OCN

[NRx]

...Metropolitan Hilarion: That is why the consolidated action of the whole civilized world is so important today.

S. Stepashin: Yes, you met with the Pope of Rome, and our Society’s leader made an official visit to Rome. The Pope supported us both officially and publicly. It is also a good precedent.

Metropolitan Hilarion: The stand taken by the Holy See on such international problems as Ukraine and the Middle East is very close to ours. And here we have no differences in essence.

We are well aware that if the whole world now fails to unite against this new terrible epidemic, the consequences may be irretrievable. First, no Christians may be left in the Middle East. And this will be a real civilizational geopolitical tragedy because the Middle East is the cradle of Christianity, the place where Christians have lived for two thousand years. Secondly, it will open a further access to the whole world for the forces which have already manifested their aggressiveness. I believe each country should be concerned by it because sooner or later it will come to its borders too.

S. Stepashin: Quite right. Perhaps some will disagree with me but Russia is a country which will cope. We are accustomed to cope. We have endured the Caucasus tragedy and held out. But Western Europe is not at all ready for it. People are too well-off there, too relaxed.

I think the awareness of it is coming. First of all in France, where there is now a fairly large number of people who have escaped from other countries, who live and work there and who hold views quite different from Christian ones – just civilized people. You are absolutely right.

We should always seek points of contact rather than division.

Metropolitan Hilarion: Quite right.

[A Navy Vet]

Gee whiz, thank you Obamanation and Hillary for the "Arab Spring". That really turned out well, didn't it? Care to bow to anyone else Obambi? Think you left out North Korea. Oh wait, the Clinton's already did that with their great deal from SOS Madeline Allbright. And Obamanation is going to make the same mistake with Iran.

Someone wake me when the adults are back in charge...

[Biggirl]

Which should be in November 2016.