For those of you who think US intervention in Syria is just, this icon is appropriate:
I started down this road in 1990. Remember that guy called Saddam? Remember that rinky-dink country called Kuwait? (This was back in the dark ages before there was even such a thing as internet access, unless you were a real fancy-pants computer geek and had a phone modem that used to connect by putting an antique device called a handset into a cradle and then doing a series of DOS commands... oh heck, watch the movie "Wargames"...) At any rate, that was the start of my awakening. That was when I discovered that:
A. 95% of what I learned in school is complete bovine excrement. Yes, Bismarck is the capitol of N Dakota but no, Pearl Harbor was not a surprise attack and the naval high command made sure all the valuable ships such as the carriers and fast cruisers were out of there so the Japs could sink a bunch of Antiques from WWI. Yes, George was the first president, but, no, we did not evolve from green monkeys, the earth isn't 4.5 billion, or even 4.5 million, or even 300,000 years old. Yes, Archduke Ferdinand was shot, but Albert Pike, writing to the grand lodge, predicted WW1, WW2, and WW3, although WW3 is getting a little off track. (Perhaps the triumph of the Immaculate Heart is on the horizon?)
B. There really is a conspiracy orchestrated by Zionist Jєωs. Well, more accurately, what St John called the "ѕуηαgσgυє of Satan". Either that, or John Paul Sarte was right, and we might as well learn the laws of physics by studying Bugs Bunny cartoons.
C. Participating in the American political system is an utter waste of time. One would be better off playing chess all day long. (And please don't lecture me on the duty to vote. And PLEASE don't quote Pius XII, who was at least as loony as "Good Pope John".)
D. It pays to pay real, real, real close attention to what Our Lady said at Fatima. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi: Fatima ain't everything; it's the only thing.
If you voted for Donald Trump
, you have been NEOCONNED again. QUIT SMOKING THE HOPIUM AND WAKE UP.
If you want to get up to speed on real geopolitics, listen to the last ten podcasts/interviews of the Golden Jackass (google it).
To make a long story short, all the presidents at least going back to Reagan should be occupying adjacent jail cells, doing life for perjury, treason, murder, embezzlement, fraud, corruption, racketeering, theft, misallocation, and war crimes (whatever exactly that is). And that if the judge is kind.
If you in a large city, near a nuclear facility, a military installation, below a dam, or along a major highway, it's time to head for the hills (or at least have a "Bugout" location).
Getting back to 1991. It turned out that Saddam's evil henchmen never unplugged incubators and killed babies, never had any intention of invading Saudi Arabia, never gassed Kurds, never even stole candy from a baby. He did make Iraq the only place in the Middle East where Chaldean Christians were welcome, women could have children in a clean environment, and schoolchildren could drink safe water. Now, Saddam would never be confused with St Francis, but neither would he be confused with Pol Pot, either. But the US did bomb schools, slaughter defenseless civilians on the Highway of Death (google it), and committed other sundry atrocities.
I was asking many questions during the run up to war, as Operation "desert shield" underwent metamorphosis into "desert storm". That was when I realized that many, many people are
, and have their minds made up, and don't want to be confused with the facts.
Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for Us, you are our only hope.