President Trump has just issued an ultimatum to Iran, that they open up the strait of Hormuz in 48 hours, or he will destroy more Iranian energy infrastructure.
Iran immediately countered with a threat of its own, saying they will attack American and Allied energy, oil, and desalinization infrastructure in retaliation.
In any case, they definitely will not open the Strait, and in fact have claimed they will close it even more firmly.
This as President Trump variously claims the war is over, he has destroyed Iran, but then has deployed additional ground combat power, ground attack A10 fighter, jets, Apache gunships, and other marine power.
Also at the same time, he is dropping sanctions on Iranian oil, and removing sanctions from Russia selling oil in desperate attempts to keep the price of oil below $100 a barrel.
This is a batch of irrational, contradictory, and ultimately, self-defeating actions, devoid of any strategy; none of them will bring a successful conclusion to this war.
This is a very dangerous time for the United States and our allies, owing entirely to starting a war of choice we no longer have control over.
“This is the New Testament in Christ’s blood. It’s not in the blood of the animals anymore. It’s the New Testament in Christ’s blood. The Old Testament is finished. There is no salvation by means of the Old Testament or the old covenant. It would be mortally sinful to participate in any way in the rites of the Jews… a bat mitzvah, or Passover meal. They are looking forward to a messiah that has already come.”
The rites and sacrifices of the Old Covenant pointed toward the coming Messiah. After Christ, to continue those rites implies that the Messiah has not yet come.
But the Church proclaims that the Son of God became incarnate, suffered, died, and rose again for the salvation of the world.
As St. Thomas Aquinas taught:
“After the Passion of Christ, the legal ceremonies were not only dead but deadly.”
(Summa Theologiae I–II, q.103, a.4)
The Cross fulfilled what those sacrifices foreshadowed. To restore them would deny the fulfillment of Christ.
Catholics can have no part in such practices.
@11BrahmAstra11@NakedHedgie Why would anyone waste time listening to anything Luongo says? The evidence against doing so should be obvious now. (I listen to Alex's podcasts that don't include Luongo.)
@RachBlevins Col Doug Macgregor recently did an interview saying it won't happen because the US doesn't have the needed military resources needed for success now. Just like the stupid proposal to have US Navy warships escort cargo ships thru the Straight of Hormuz.
@jrburnett78 @Ltc_Steven_Mur E.M. & she come up with all sorts of fairytales with no evidence that its true. Special deals by Trump & the Iranians. Hidden motives of Trump 'to prevent something much worse'
The obvious evidence is that Trump is owned by those who put Israeli interests before that of the USA.
@boromeo1538@CarloMVigano Study Saint Pius X's encyclical Pascendi & his other writings & statements. The N.O. is run by heretics, enemies of Christ. They work to destroy the sense of true Catholic Faith remaining in people. All those who give the N.O. any recognition merely aid the spreading of apostasy.
@JhWesten Do any of the R&Rs study Pope Saint Pius X's Pascendi? If so, it should be obvious that Prevost, Bergoglio, & their post 1958 successors have done the very Modernist actions condemned by PiusX. None of them have been 'holy Fathers'. They've acted as enemies of Christ.
@libertytarian this true history. Lenin was as murderous as Stalin. Stalin just had more tools to carry out that evil oppression. (Many financed by Western backers).
Shiva seems to be pushing technocracy tyranny under the title of 'systems engineering'.
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@libertytarian wasn't to Russia. 95% of the peasants owned their land individually or thru private collectives after land reforms put in by Czar Nicholas. Dr Mathew Raphael Johnson has studied the Soviet archives opened after the fall of the USSR. He, Solzhenitsyn & others have written on
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