Pope Francis Calls Paris Attack a Part of ‘Piecemeal World War III’
Source: Mediaite
Pope Francis addressed the Paris terrorist attack in a brief interview today, calling it a piece of World War III.
The pope spoke to TV2000, an Italian broadcast network, and said that he is moved and saddened by the killings of innocents. He said he would pray for the families of the victims.
When asked about his previous remarks about a piecemeal World War III, Pope Francis said, This is one piece. There is no justification for these things
This is not human.
Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/pope-francis-calls-paris-attack-a-part-of-piecemeal-world-war-iii/
Like I said yesterday. We've been in WW3 for a while now.
global1
(25,251 posts)for a world war.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Europe was at war for hundreds of years -two really big ones - the middle east has that to look forward to. The spillover will not be pleasant but it is for them to come to terms with.
We lost our chance at peace when we elected raygun and turned away for encouraging third world development.
The blind support for Israel has just inflamed the situation.
Bottom line - bush opened Pandora's box - forces are at work that cannot be managed.
We can not impose rational solutions in this situation - the flames of crazy will have to burn themselves out.
So very sad.
History will have to run it's course.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)BUSH. They're behind everything.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and now people are willing to say it out loud.
NonMetro
(631 posts)??
uhnope
(6,419 posts)the Pope cannot dictate to country's governments though
NonMetro
(631 posts)But I was referring to what he said when he was here - that they could make room for one or two refugees.
plus5mace
(140 posts)It appears that history is now beyond our control.. if it ever could have
been in our control. Sigh.
Pope Francis is calling the Paris attacks a part of a piecemeal World War III. Hollande is calling the attacks an act of war. The USA has droned two major ISIS leaders, Jehadi John and another today in Libya.
It appears to me that this has a likely probably of escalating into a fullscale war. The Bush action of 2003 against a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 has a long reach. Back then it was a question of "qui bono" and I suspect that question is still a major factor in all the stupidity and crass greed that has led us to this horrible pass.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)and the way Hillary responds in terms of foreign policy and military options. Actually, I rather dread this topic for tonight.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)will be the candidate who really means to shut down ISIS. Starve the beast!
From Charles Pierce...
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Abandoning the Enlightenment values that produced democracy will not plumb the depths of the vestigial authoritarian impulse that resides in us all, the wish for kings, the desire for order, to be governed, and not to govern. Flexing and posturing and empty venting will not cure the deep sickness in the human spirit that leads people to slaughter the innocent in the middle of a weekend's laughter. The expression of bigotry and hatred will not solve the deep desperation in the human heart that leads people to kill their fellow human beings and then blow themselves up as a final act of murderous vengeance against those they perceive to be their enemies, seen and unseen, real and imagined. Tough talk in the context of what happened in Paris is as empty as a bell rung at the bottom of a well.
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It's not like this is any kind of secret. In 2010, thanks to WikiLeaks, we learned that the State Department, under the direction of then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, knew full well where the money for foreign terrorism came from. It came from countries and not from a faith. It came from sovereign states and not from an organized religion. It came from politicians and dictators, not from clerics, at least not directly. It was paid to maintain a political and social order, not to promulgate a religious revival or to launch a religious war. Religion was the fuel, the ammonium nitrate and the diesel fuel. Authoritarian oligarchy built the bomb. As long as people are dying in Paris, nobody important is dying in Doha or Riyadh.
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It's time for this to stop. It's time to be pitiless against the bankers and against the people who invest in murder to assure their own survival in power. Assets from these states should be frozen, all over the west. Money trails should be followed, wherever they lead. People should go to jail, in every country in the world. It should be done state-to-state. Stop funding the murder of our citizens and you can have your money back. Maybe. If we're satisfied that you'll stop doing it. And, it goes without saying, but we'll say it anyway not another bullet will be sold to you, let alone advanced warplanes, until this act gets cleaned up to our satisfaction. If that endangers your political position back home, that's your problem, not ours. You are no longer trusted allies. Complain, and your diplomats will be going home. Complain more loudly, and your diplomats will be investigated and, if necessary, detained. Retaliate, and you do not want to know what will happen, but it will done with cold, reasoned and, yes, pitiless calculation. It will not be a blind punch. You will not see it coming. It will not be an attack on your faith. It will be an attack on how you conduct your business as sovereign states in a world full of sovereign states.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a39727/paris-attacks-middle-eastern-oligarchies/
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)of this malady are staggering and will require the best of human endeavor to dare tread.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Its not.
The candidate simply has to say, "I vow to find the funding sources for ISIS and cut them off. No money and ISIS withers". Everyone can understand that.
Specifics on how to do that too complicated? Nope.
"I'll create an international criminal investigation with our Five Eyes partners (or the UN for even more simplicity), to locate and shut down the money spigot flowing to ISIS".
I've been to a couple of talks lately about the run-up to WWII (not to mention having grown up hearing stories from my parents who watched the developments in Europe up close and personal), and I see many frighteningly similar parallels.
Beacool
(30,249 posts)A piecemeal war where "soft" targets are attacked to inflict maximum deaths and to shake the sense of security of a nation. We've seen it in NY, DC, Spain, Britain, Russia and now in France. These cowards, because that's what they are IMO, attack defenseless civilians to shake the foundation of nations. If they were so brave, why don't they face an enemy force in a battlefield? Instead, they kill children, women and any civilian in their path. Sickening.....