<div dir="auto">The UN forded are not used for aggression. Just defence. That’s the difference between Russia and the UN or neutral countries. Russia thinks he needs to take over the country next to him. The UN is not trying to take over any countries. The countries in the UN want peace but will come to the aid of a country that’s being attacked. The countries in the UN respect the separateness of each country. Russia doesn’t and will continue to eat up the smaller countries on its borders to make Russia greater. Ukraine did not start the war, it is fighting back against Russia’s aggression. There’s a huge difference. </div><div dir="auto">I believe Pope Francis used that one sentence so that he could be listened to by Russia. Other than that one sentence everything else he has said is asking for the war to stop and condemning aggression from any country. He is trying his best to enhance peace and gets jumped on by people who are for Russia. Catherine </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 11:35 AM Art Blomme <<a href="mailto:art@integralshift.ca">art@integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi John<div dir="auto">I Hope you are well. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This NCR article appears to be the RC version of the Daily Beast article I sent out last week.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe Francis realizes as do I that Ukraine's war is a product of US and Canada aggression. Canada has been providing military aid and selling armaments to the Ukraine ever since the US and Canadian backed coup in 2014. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My guess is that NCR is just another Imperial controled media outlet that is pushing the dominant narative manufacturing consent for regime change in Russia.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It gives me hope that the Pope can see through the fog of war propaganda.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The truth will set us free.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Art</div><br><div><br><div>On May 11, 2022 2:30 p.m., John Huot <<a href="mailto:jdhuot@gmail.com" target="_blank">jdhuot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">To stop Russian manipulation, Francis must make Vatican's stand on Ukraine clear | National Catholic Reporter<br><br>Hi everyone,</div><div dir="auto">This strikes me as an important, but sympathetic, , critique of Pope Francis’ public statements & symbolic gestures about the war in Ukraine. The main point of the article is that Francis’ statements have been open to manipulation by Russia & the Russian Orthodox church, thereby creating confusion in Ukraine & elsewhere about Francis’ intent to condemn the Russian war of aggression, while advocating for an end to the war through negotiation & humanitarian actions by Russia to end civilian deaths, allow civilians to safely exit, cease fires etc. </div><div dir="auto">John<br><br><a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/stop-russian-manipulation-francis-must-make-vaticans-stand-ukraine-clear?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_term=PANTHEON_STRIPPED" target="_blank">https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/stop-russian-manipulation-francis-must-make-vaticans-stand-ukraine-clear?utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_term=PANTHEON_STRIPPED</a></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><br></div>
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