- Oct 31, 2012
- 53,853
- 52,755
- 3,605
The pope wants Ukraine to surrender. That would give Russia a green light for endless war | Nathalie Tocci
Pope Francis’s anti-western views are well known – and his new advice would lead not to peace, but a dangerous escalation, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
This is just fascinating to me.
The suggestion from Pope Francis that Ukraine should have the “courage” to raise the “white flag” and negotiate a settlement with (in other words, surrender to) Russia was deeply shocking for Kyiv and its backers. The understandably outraged response from Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, was that the only flag Kyiv would raise was its own: the yellow and blue of Ukraine.
Some may think that the pope’s words are inconsequential to how this war unfolds. It is not the first time Pope Francis has displayed overtly pro-Russian sympathies, nor has the Vatican’s mediation, for instance regarding the liberation of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia, been successful so far. So what if the pope speaks out again about the war, given that his views are already known and his practical efforts to address the humanitarian dimensions of the war have failed?
So, who here agrees with the Leftist Pope?
Would Jesus tell them to surrender to Putin?
But what of Hamas? Why does our Left-wing Pope not also tell Hamas to surrender to Israel as well?
Lastly, does it take courage to surrender to an adversary or stand up to that adversary knowing the consequences for doing so is grim?