tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post2577888810360569650..comments2024-02-13T03:24:07.880-06:00Comments on The Eye-Witness: Our ally, al-Qaeda??Aged parenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-70399503980098381622015-03-16T06:08:24.491-05:002015-03-16T06:08:24.491-05:00Anon 11:42, Louis XIV wasn't pro-muslim, he us...Anon 11:42, Louis XIV wasn't pro-muslim, he used the Turks as a convenient tool to apply pressure against his rivals the Habsburgs. Of course that doesn't excuse his actions. Today secular France appears again to be 'playing the muslim card'.<br />The point I attempted to make in my original post was that because of covert papal support for William of Orange, Catholics in Ireland and Scotland endured a century of persecution and suffering. The unintended consequences of papal diplomacy! Those Catholics paid the price in the grand scheme of controlling Louis XIV.<br />As I said, politics makes strange bedfellows. Perhaps it is better for our health to have a dispassionate, detached and even a cynical attitude to current events, both secular and religious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-71697695249621315892015-03-15T23:42:31.112-05:002015-03-15T23:42:31.112-05:00Louis XIV, "that most Christian Turk," w...Louis XIV, "that most Christian Turk," was training and arming the Muslims in their attempts to overrun Europe. He attempted to prevent the Polish King Jan Sobieski from helping defend Vienna, but was unsuccessful. <br /><br />Louis XIV also refused Our Lord's request to consecrate his nation to the Sacred Heart, resulting in the French Revolution (one hundred years later, to the day). A revolution that has yet to run its course, and from whose affects we continue to suffer.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-87651649038411835422015-03-14T10:17:38.822-05:002015-03-14T10:17:38.822-05:00Some how I don't think Barak Mendelsohn was bo...Some how I don't think Barak Mendelsohn was born with an uncircumcised shamrock between his legs!<br />Mr AP your political analysis and insight is quite correct and your indignation justified and understandable, but perhaps 'we', and I include myself, are often caught by our own naivete. We only have to turn back the pages of history to 17th century Europe to witness duplicity and hypocracy practiced on a vast scale. France's 'Cardinal' Richelieu supported and financed 'terrorists' against fellow Catholics in Germany. Also the papacy supported William of Orange against Louis XIV, with England's James II acting as a 'useful fool'. Politics makes strange bedfellows! Perhaps us little folk should become detached from the 'system' and save ourselves a hefty hospital bill for ulcer and high blood treatments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com