Close Bondsteel, go home! Затворите Бондстил, и идите кући!

English below. Драги председниче Donald J. Trump,  xвала Вам што сте коначно начинили први корак у складу са својим обећањима да ћете извући Сједињене Државе из бескрајних ратова. Док повлачите своје војнике из Сирије, требало би такође да затворите Бондстил и да користите те војнике за заштиту ваше мексичке границе.

This picture of Muammar Gaddafi is dear to me, given to me by my good friend Megi Petrovski, the widow of the Yugoslav ambassador to Libya 1976-80. Gaddafi signed the picture. Then we killed him, while Hillary Clinton was laughing :( The t-shirt was a present bought by my late friend Jan Guldahl at the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Good job in Syria, Mr. President. Now, please withdraw your soldiers from the Serbian territory in Kosovo. Photo: Miloš Nikolić.<br />
Ова слика Муамара Гадафиja коју ми је дала моја добра пријатељица Меги Петровски, удовица југословенског амбасадора у Либији 1976-80. Гадафи је потписао слику. Онда смо га убили, док се Хилари Клинтон смејала :( Мајица је била поклон од мог покојног пријатеља Јан Гулдал на председничкој инаугурацији 20. јануара 2017. Добар посао у Сирији, господине председниче! Молим вас да повучете сада ваше трупе из Српске територије на Космету. Фото: Милош Николић.
This picture of Muammar Gaddafi is dear to me, given to me by my good friend Megi Petrovski, the widow of the Yugoslav ambassador to Libya 1976-80. Gaddafi signed the picture. Then we killed him, while Hillary Clinton was laughing :( The t-shirt was a present bought by my late friend Jan Guldahl at the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Good job in Syria, Mr. President. Now, please withdraw your soldiers from the Serbian territory in Kosovo. Photo: Miloš Nikolić.
Ова слика Муамара Гадафиja ми је дала моја добра пријатељица Меги Петровски, удовица југословенског амбасадора у Либији 1976-80. Гадафи је потписао слику. Онда смо га убили, док се Хилари Клинтон смејала :( Мајица је била поклон од мог покојног пријатеља Јан Гулдал од председничкој инаугурацији 20. јануара 2017. Добар посао у Сирији, господине председниче! Молим вас да повучете сада ваше трупе из Српске територије на Космету. Фото: Милош Николић.

Волим САД, и волим Американце, али не видим разлог да ви треба  да имате војнике на територији Србије, на Косову и Метохији. Требало би  да  развијамо јака пријатељства заснована на владавини права, а не на мафијашким политичарима као што је то сада случај на Косову.

Сећате се како сте се борили за мање ратова када сте били председнички кандидат 2015.године ? Хтели сте да се Русија бори против исламских терориста.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHgA4_0CAo

Добри конзервативци,
као што је бивши председнички кандидат Pat Buchanan,
имали су одличну анализу у свом чланку Will Trump hold firm on Syrian pullout? Имаћете велику подршку ако
одлучите да испуните своја обећања из предизборне кампање

Ако Вам је потребан добар предлог за новог министра за одбрану након James Mattis-a, могу топло препоручити пуковника др Douglas Macgregor, искусног војног ветерана. Видите како је реаговао на појаву ратних хушкача у контраверзној политичкој размени у току емисије Вече са Tucker-ом Carlson-ом:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjFaFaMJ_U

Погледајте и интервју који сам ја имао раније ове јесени као  гост емисије Српска Прича коју је водила Оливера Манојловић Штрбац. Тада сам говорио  о потреби затварања Бондстила,  и предложио да војнике одатле  поставите да штите мексичку границу.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzF3Y-znDBY

А за оне који нису били у кампу Бондстеел, тако је изгледао када сам био официр НАТО-а 2000. године.

Close Bondsteel, go home!

Dear President Donald J. Trump. Thank you for finally delivering the first step on your campaign promises to pull the United States out of never-ending wars. As you pull out your soldiers from Syria, you should also close Bondsteel and use those soldiers to protect your Mexican border.

I love the USA, and I
love Americans. Therefore, I see no reason that you should have your soldiers
on Serbian territory in Kosovo and Metohiјa. Let us
develop strong friendships based on the rule of law, not mafia politicians as
we see in Kosovo now.

Remember how you campaigned for less wars when you were a presidential candidate in 2015? You wanted to Russian to fight Islamic terrorists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHgA4_0CAo

Good conservatives will be good support for you, like the former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, who had an excellent analysis in his article Will Trump hold firm on Syrian pullout? in Chronicle Magazine. You have a lot of support if you decide to deliver on more of your election campaign promises

If you need a good suggestion for a new defense secretary after James Mattis, I can warmly recommend Colonel Dr. Douglas Macgregor, an experienced army veteran, becomes the new Secretary of Defense. See how he responded to establishment warmongers in the deep state on Tucker Carlson Tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjFaFaMJ_U

Also see the interview I had earlier this fall when I was a guest in the show Srpska Priča hosted by Olivera Manojlović Štrbac speaking about the closing of Bondsteel, using the soldiers to protect the Mexican border.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzF3Y-znDBY

And for those who have not been to Camp Bondsteel, this is how it looked when I was a NATO officer in 2000.

Око један степен, али много топло

18. новембар, један степен, снег, али много топло.

18. новембар, један степен, снег, али много топло.

У недељу је био око један степен, мало снег, ало када сам био са пријатељима, много ми је био топло испред Скупштиу у Београду. Драго ми је са сам могао да кажем пар речи да будем иза Иницијатива-Нема Предаје Косова и МетохијеДамњан Кнежевић и његов екипу. Гледајте све говоре испод.

Дао сам поруку охрабрење. Ситуација на Космету није још увек готово. Европа ће да распада, и онда имамо ново картице на таблу. Више земље ће да привлачи признање такозвани земљу Косово. Грејала нас је све љубав према Србији. Косово је Србија. Нема поделе, нема предаје. facebook.com/kahrs.

https://www.facebook.com/kahrs/posts/10156561650670907

 

Мој задовољство је да сам причао пре будући Преседника Србије, Др Јована Стојковић. Србија треба ново лидери као Др Јована!Када сам дао мало говор, питао сам сам Јованин муж Владимир како могу да нађем девојку као Јована, мајка три деце, успешан доктор и будиће лидер Србије. Владимир ће да ми исприча све тајне. Ево је Јована:

https://www.facebook.com/profispasilac/videos/10218157165665962/?__xts__[0]=68.ARAwSm2jMEraGD7c-Wf57SUSim8noevk87FfgCwRSpcVydwwaDcDl5FYQXiCzapgkUr_fTjJHC4te8diCZrZuMZEASw6kQYOmApDn83o-qfLe4Ygcno5xOmXO_p-VGTnPoNfJ3mWwgnkTdYSpafWAPOvlwby_j79n2mo4AZv5k1Pz2tja8E5A71V2vJ5Q-OndOhP_nLJ1ezMIpAImx1VAoI_9A4&__tn__=-R

 

Дамњан Кнежевић:

https://www.facebook.com/profispasilac/videos/10218153396251729/

 

Milos Kovic:

https://www.facebook.com/profispasilac/videos/10218157442312878/

 

Томислав Рачић:

https://www.facebook.com/profispasilac/videos/10218158181931368/

 

Дејан Златановић:

https://www.facebook.com/profispasilac/videos/10218156281123849/

Говор на Видовдан – Speech on Vidovdan

Говор Видовдан 2018, код Скупштина. Пада киша, али нема предаја, никада!

Говор Видовдан 2018, код Скупштина. Пада киша, али нема предаја, никада! youtube.com/watch?v=ecqKHwjvSBk&feature=youtu.be&t=8m9s

See the speech I made on Vidovdan in pouring rain with a megephone. Гледајте говор који сам дао испред Скупштина на Видовдан. Звук је мало лоше због кише, али портал КМ Нивине је правио одличан чланак, Видовдански протест у Београду – КиМ је Србија – нема референдума, нема предаје! (ВИДЕО). Ону су паписали следеће о мене:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqKHwjvSBk&feature=youtu.be&t=8m9s

Затим је представљен као “наш витез из Норвешке” Кристиан Каш, који је службовао на Косову и Метохији као официр НАТО пакта за медије због чега се неколико година касније, видевши шта се у ствари дешава, покајао и јавно затражио извињење од српског народа због чега покренуо и сајт “Извини, Србијо”⇗ 

Кристиан је рекао да је ово био тренутак када је Вучић оценио да је добра прилика за преговоре о Косову и рекао да таквог тренутка нема. Да никада не треба дати Косово и да о томе нема преговора. Он је такође скренуо пажњу на чињеницу да се паралелно намеће и агенда о можеложницима и сродним неприродним навикама што такође долази из истог центра.

“Уколико Вучић потпише овај споразум о Косову онда ћете бити затрпани свим тим “европским вредностима” да ли то желите?” упитао је Кристиан на шта се чуло масовно “не” и скандирање против геј парада и њихове агресивне агенде. ”Ја сам радио за НАТО, али кажем вам – реците НЕ НАТО пакту, чувајте суверенитет Републике Србије! Ја носим мајицу “Нема предаје”, то важи и за вас – нема предаје!” поручио је Каш окупљенима али и целом српском народу.

 

Оче наш, најлепша молитва

Увек је добро бити гост на српској телевизији, и заједно се боримо за Србију. It is always good to be a guest in Serbian TV, and we fight together for Serbia.

Увек је добро бити гост на српској телевизији, и заједно се боримо за Србију. It is always good to be a guest in Serbian TV, and we fight together for Serbia.

English below. Господ Исус Христ нас је учио да молимо Господњу молитву, и јако сам срећан што смо могли почети са тим када сам посетио Дејана Златановића, домаћина HelmCast Јутјуб канала, повезаног са популарним патриотским сајтом srbin.info. Гледај видео на youtube.com/watch?v=KUvq6F-ws68

Имали смо прилику да разговарамо сат времена о значају вере и потребама за добрим вредностима у Србији, Норвешкој и остатку света.

Када је у питању Косово, нема предаје, а ми смо такође могли говорити о активној подршци САД-а за тероризам на Косову, што је срамота.

The Lord Jesus Christ taught us to pray the Lord’s prayer, and I am very happy that we were able to start with that when I visited Dejan Zlatanović, host of the HelmCast YouTube channel, associated with the popular patriotic site srbin.info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUvq6F-ws68

We had a chance to speak for a good hour about the importance of faith, and the need for good values in the Serbia, Norway and the rest of the world.

When it comes to Kosovo, there is no surrender, and we were also able to talk about the active US support for terrorism in Kosovo, which is a shame.

У Србији са сврхом

Био је част да будем код Миломира Марића са Џон Босничем (John Bosnitch) и са лидером радикалне странке Војиславом Шешељом.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1dx0Q5ojo

Ми смо причали у о великим питањима, као што су глобализам и америчка агенда на Космету. На жалост, САД имају своја албанска средства на Космету, као на пример албанског терористу Флурима Ејупија. Он је чекао са својом екипом у јадру на Мердаре 16. фебруара 2001. Екипа албанских терористи су дигли у ваздух аутобус од Ниш Експреса. Они су убили 12 људи, међу њима Данило од две године. Поледајте графичне слике када сам био на месту дешавања.

Гледајте емисију где сам био на Dobro jutro Srbijo TV Happy и водитељи Ћирилица - Миломир Марић (Ćirilica-Milomir Marić) и Irena Vujović. Гости су били Џон Боснићч John Bosnitch), Војислав Шешељ и ја. Ми смо причали о Амерички агенда на Космету, како има подршка за албански терористи који има сарадњу за ЦИА и други амерички обавештаци. It was my pleasure to be a guest with Milomir Marić in his talkshow Good morning Serbia with my friend John Bosnitch and the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Šešelj. We talked about the American agenda in Kosovo, how they have been active supporters of Albanian terrorists, who have an excellent cooperation with CIA and other American intelligence structures.

Гледајте емисију где сам био на Dobro jutro Srbijo TV Happy и водитељи Ћирилица – Миломир Марић (Ćirilica-Milomir Marić) и Irena Vujović. Гости су били Џон Боснићч (John Bosnitch), Војислав Шешељ и ја. Ми смо причали о Амерички агенда на Космету, како има подршка за албански терористи који има сарадњу за ЦИА и други амерички обавештаци. 
It was my pleasure to be a guest with Milomir Marić in his talkshow Good morning Serbia with my friend John Bosnitch and the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Šešelj. We talked about the American agenda in Kosovo, how they have been active supporters of Albanian terrorists, who have an excellent cooperation with CIA and other American intelligence structures.

Ејупи је радио директно за ЦИА-ом, и касније “побегао” из Бондстила. Шеф истраживања УНМИК полиције Џим МцАлистер је био бесан на КФОР, бесан на американце. Читајте његов одговор на емејл за мене испод, на енглеском.

Ја бих вoлео да имам више извора у америчкој дубокој држави (deep state) да знам више о америчким циљевима на Космету.

Сада, са статусом сталног пребивалишта у Србији, желим да пружим стратешки савет српском народу, политичари и влада, како да задржи територијални интегритет целе Србије, укључујући Косово и Метохију. Такође бих желио упозорити српски народ да се не укључи у антидемократске организације попут Европске уније и НАТО-а.

Пре пар недеље сам имао прилику да разговарам са групом про-ЕУ и про-НАТО, глобалистичких српских политичара. Професор који је одржао предавање представио је пуно фенсијалних слајдова о предивним економским предностима са ЕУ и повећаном стабилношћу у НАТО-у. Међутим, једна реч уопште није поменута: демократија .

Имао сам прилику да дајем мало говор, и могао да кажем професору да нисам се сложио с свиме што је рекао, а ја сам питао политичаре да ли су њихова мотивација за политику бити новац и самопоштовање. Оспоравам их да се боре за националну демократију у Србији, те одлуке би требало донијети демократски изабрани политичари у српском парламенту, а не неизабрани бирократи у Бриселу.

Наравно, Србија није савршена земља са корупцијом, непотизмом и ништа се не догађа ако немате добре везе, али је председник Александар Вучић направио много добрих корака, посебно геополитички. Не можете да поправите оно што је лоше у Србији са ауторитарним правом из ЕУ.

Читајте и мој чланак на енглеском, In Serbia with a purpose.

Guest with Milan Milenković

I had the honor of being a guest with Milan Milenkоvić. We had a very interesting talk.

I had the honor of being a guest with Milan Milenkоvić. We had a very interesting talk. I am very satisfied with my Hillary for Prison 2016 t-shirt. She really needs to be in prison. Search for instants for #pizzagate…..

English below. Данас сам имао част да гостујем и причам у радио емисији код Милана Миленковића. Било ми је задовољство да носим своју мајицу Хилари за затвор 2016. Причали смо сат и по о борби против глобализма, Косову и Метохији и парламентарним изборима у Норвешкој где сам кандидат и још пуно тога. Надам се да ћете уживати док причам српски. За корпоративне медије требало би да користите Ад Блок али за алтернативне медије као што је Милан користи претраживач без Ад Блок. Њима треба наша подршка.

Today I had the honor of being a guest on the talk show Milan Milenkovic. I was happy to wear my Hillary for prison 2016 t-shirt, and we talked for an hour and a half about the fight against globalism, Kosovo and Metohija, the parliamentary elections in Norway where I am a candidate and a lot more. Hope you enjoy me speaking in Serbian. And for corporative media, you should use adblock, but for Milan and alternative media, please use a browser without adblock. They need our support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2BD4hZdZI

Good intentions gone bad

Tihomir Kukolja is the director of Renewing Our Mind, and he has a political ambition to pressure Europe to accept thousands of migrants.

Tihomir Kukolja is the director of Renewing Our Minds, and he has a political ambition to pressure Europe to accept thousands of migrants.

Tihomir Kukolja, the director of the reconciliation program Renewing Our Minds, has many good intentions when he and his friends give assistance to migrants in Serbia and Croatia from the Middle East, but unfortunately, these apostles of good deeds have not understood that their effort is actually helping human traffickers and Islamists that are behind and organizing the massive influx of migrants to Europe.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Kristian Kahrs, and I have been living many years in Belgrade. Now I live in Norway where I am the Head of Information for the national conservative party the Democrats of Norway. We are in the proud national conservative tradition of the Danish People’s Party, the Sweden Democrats, UKIP, National Front in France, the Freedom Party of Austria and the Serbian People’s Party to mention a few. At our national convention in March, I’ll be a candidate to become the leader for the Democrats.

Now Kukolja has launched a massive political campaign with several posts per day to the closed Facebook group ROM Response Prayer Group. Here he is campaigning for Europe to accept massive amounts of migrants, and the activists in this group even help migrants to cross the borders illegally.

This is not the first time Kukolja has made serious errors of judgment. In 2011 before NATO countries went to war against Libya, Kukolja supported this war against a well-functioning welfare state to create a haven for Islamists and human traffickers. Our war also created a complete hell for Christian and other minorities. In the article Choosing Not to Act Is to Act in Huffington Post, Kukolja gave very poor reasons for going to war. In the aftermath of the war, when the consequences had become clear, Kukolja regretted his article, but I warned him against it from the start.

Now Kukolja has initiated another campaign, another serious error of judgment, thinking that his actions will create a better world. As Kukolja, I am also a Christian, and I agree that we should help those who are in need. Often I have been reminded about the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and I think this is a very good example for all of us. As we remember from the story, the Samaritan did not take the wounded man to his own country, but he paid the inn so that he could get local care.

It is also problematic that instead of just helping the migrants with food and accommodation, Kukolja uses prayer to impose a certain political solution. He writes for instance: We need to pray that all the European countries will understand that they have a part to play in accepting the refugees. I find it unbiblical that Kukolja tries to use rhetoric to get God on his side.

The Serbian government has also been irresponsible when they have opened up their borders to the migrants from the Middle East, but fortunately my friend and the leader of the Serbian Peoples Party, Nenad Popović has his head on the right place when he has proposed to build a wall along the Serbian border to Macedonia.

For those who have followed my activities on SorrySerbia.com, I have issues with people who use their Christian faith to promote their political agenda. One example is the former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, an ordained minister who refuses me access to documents to explain why Norway went to war against Yugoslavia in 1999. He is constantly referring to his Christian values.

Another example is British MP Alistair Burt, a member of the National Prayer Breakfast network in Washington D.C. In 2013, he was upset that the British government was not able to wage war on Bashar al-Assad without the consent of the parliament. And Assad is, of course, the best hope for Christians in Syria against Sunni Islamic extremists. More about that in my article Blessed are the peacemakers.

Not many critical comments are allowed in the Facebook group. It is maybe pleasant for Kukolja to operate in his own comfortable echo chamber, but the group should be public so that we can have a free and respectful discussion about Kukolja’s activism. However, I have made the content of the Facebook group available in a 150-page document.

Let me give you an example. I wrote in a commentPray for our politicians for wisdom do stop this cynical human trafficking. Are you sure Tihomir’s help does not encourage more migrants to risk their lives? Are you sure this is not, in fact, helping the Islamists and human traffickers responsible for this?

Kukolja was not at all happy about this comment, and he wrote in his reply: Thank you Valarie for the words of encouragement and your prayers. The best thing is to ignore those who try to spam our reports with their inappropriate comments.

Kukolja also deleted several other comments I made, and he is most comfortable when he is not challenged. I would encourage those who are interested to read very good comments by the theologian John Dettoni. Not surprisingly, Kukolja has no comments to Dettoni’s thoughtful remarks, other than to claim that he is only helping. If you do not have access to the group, here are four pages with Dettoni’s excellent analysis. When Kukolja is not willing to consider respectful and thorough criticism, he needs to be confronted and corrected in the public domain.

With his daily posts, Kukolja encourages more migrants to risk their lives to get to Europe. In 2015, thousands of migrants have drowned, and as long as the illegal migrant trade continues, more people will die. For those who read Norwegian, we in the Democrats have introduced our solution for the war in Syria and the migrant crisis. We want to have Russia and China to be partners with Syria’s government to stop the war, and we want an Australian solution where no one crossing the Mediterranean Ocean by boat will be granted political asylum or refugee status. The Australian solution works, and we’ll be able to save many lives.

In all his posts, Kukolja uses the term refugees, but many of those coming are economic migrants. But it suits Kukolja’s political purposes to use the word refugee. Of course, for those who win the golden ticket to Europe, it could be well worth the risk, but seeking a better economic future for yourself and your family does not qualify to be a refugee.

And let us take a look at the conditions in the refugee camps in Turkey. In the video Turkish refugee camps for Syrians set high standard from Euronews, we see that the camps close to the Syrian border are well equipped with electricity and water. One of the residents there says that he believes his fellow countrymen do not have to leave Syria, but he encourages them to return to Syria to defend their homeland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbYo2KqLT0

It is also important to know the reasons for the migration. Reading Western media and NGO reports, it is nearly impossible to get a balanced view. We, the West, are responsible for creating terrible wars. As mentioned above, we bombed a well-functioning welfare state, Libya, back to the stone age to give direct support to Islamists and human traffickers, making a hell for our Christian brothers and sisters. Of course, Libya was a dictatorship, but attempting to establish democracies in Islamic countries will only lead to Sharia and Islamism. In Syria, we supported the overthrow of the relatively secular dictator Bashar al-Assad, and now we have a quarter of a million dead people.

Thankfully, Donald Trump has his head on the right place when he welcomes the Russians in Syria. See the video Donald Trump: ‘Let Russia fight ISIS’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHgA4_0CAo

IS has said that they are going to flood Europe with 500,000 migrants, and that is exactly what they are doing. No matter if Kukolja and his activists claim that these are not terrorists, we will face a humongous demographic problem with cultures that do not mix with our freedom values at all. To stop the migration, Western politicians need to work with Russia and China to stop the wars they have created instead of appearing to be good to take in these migrants. Migrants might tell Kukolja and his activists that they are from Syria, but there is no way to confirm this. We know that Syrian passports are very attractive on the black market for a reasonable price, and many have bought a fake Syrian identity.

What media and politicians in the West generally do not understand is that the wars in Iraq and Syria really is a war of caliphates. The Islamic State is not as important as the fight between Shiite and Sunni Islam to dominate the Islamic world. Everything IS does can be supported by Islam’s original sources, the Quran and Sunnah, and I do not think they are especially radical. They just follow Islam the way the so-called prophet Muhammed intended.

And what is more worrying is the US support against for Sunni Islamic radicals. The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn gave the US administration several warnings that if they supported the Syrian opposition, it would be a direct support for Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda Iraq. But the administration did not listen. Lt. Gen. Flynn said it was a wilful decision. Se this interview with the general or read the complete transcript:

In an emotional video, we see Bianca Bortoneanu urges us not to judge the refugees. I agree with her. We should treat those migrants that are coming with respect, but at the same time, we need to be very critical of our politicians, NGOs and other activists who made this mess. However, at the same time, we should also be aware of the enormous demographic consequences of a massive migration from Islamic cultures to Europe.

Not all appreciate the rhetoric of writer, comedian, and YouTube personality Pat Condell, but in his most recent video, he speaks about the epidemic of rapes committed by the new migrants in Germany.  He also says that European governments could have stopped the migrant crisis if they had followed the rules and regulations they themselves voted for.

Especially for those who do not like Condell, I would challenge you to look at the video and decide if there are any factual errors. Below the video, you can also read the description with well-documented links to what he is talking about. For instance, you can see the well-documented article Germany: Migrants’ Rape Epidemic by Soren Kern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIcltV7r-nM

Lastly, I would recommend the video Will Migrant Crisis Kill EU?, taken from the YouTube channel of former presidential candidate Ron Paul.  Here Daniel McAdams, the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and Paul interviews the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, Nigel Farage, about the effect of the migrant crisis will have on the European Union.

Many of us national conservatives are very concerned that European bureaucrats make undemocratic decisions on accepting hundreds of thousands of migrants to Europe. Many of us are concerned that we’ll have more and more parallel societies with special privileges for the Islamic population and ‘No-Go’ Zones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-uoaIorfVU

Norwegian heroes in Čaglavica

Norwegian soldiers fought against a massive Albanian mob on March 17 and 18, 2004. The pictures in this article are screen shots from the video Norwegian KFOR protecting Serbs in Kosovo 2004 aired by NRK, the Norwegian national public broadcaster in 2007.

Norwegian soldiers fought against a massive Albanian mob on March 17 and 18, 2004. The pictures in this article are screen shots from the video below, Norwegian KFOR protecting Serbs in Kosovo 2004, aired by NRK, the Norwegian national public broadcaster in 2007.

On March 17 and 18 2004, Sven and his two Norwegian infantry companies fought like lions to protect Serbian lives in the Serbian enclave of Čaglavica just south of Priština. Sven shot and killed to Albanians and probably killed many more with his Sisu armored personnel carrier in Obilić.

As a former NATO officer in Kosovo in 2000, it is not at all pleasant to be confronted with my naïve attitudes and statements, and this is the reason that I will spend the rest of my life to give my public apology.

However, when I failed and we failed in 1999-2000 and 2004, it gives me great comfort to know that there were Norwegian heroes during this ethnic cleansing of Serbs those dramatic days in 2004. Of course, Sven is not his real name, and if Albanians in Norway knew his name, he would endanger the lives of himself and his family.

On many levels, KFOR and the international community failed these days. They did not have sufficient intelligence, and many nations in KFOR acted cowardly facing the Albanian mob violence. For more analysis you can read the report The March 2004 Riots in Kosovo: a Failure of the International Community written by Norwegian Lt. Col. Egil Daltveit. Direct download link.

For those interested in the Serbian government assessment of crime and terrorism in Kosovo, the Albanian Terrorism and Organized Crime in Kosovo-Metohija whitepaper is useful.

Also see the video below, Norwegian soldiers protecting Serbs 2004, featuring an interview with the Norwegian battalion commander, Col. Aril Brandvik, and some of the soldiers who fought in Čaglavica. The video has English subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcqXNJ-VuU

On March 17, 2004, the Norwegian Taskforce, the Norwegian battalion in KFOR huddled up on their vehicles to reach Čaglavica from their base of Lebane on the way to Podujevo. The main road were was closed, and therefore the battalion had to travel through Obilić. Since Sven was the person with the best knowledge of the geography of Kosovo, he was the commander of the lead vehicle.

Norwegian soldiers fought against a massive Albanian mob on March 17 and 18, 2004. The pictures in this article are screen shots from the video Norwegian KFOR protecting Serbs in Kosovo 2004 aired by NRK, the Norwegian national public broadcaster in 2007.“We came to a roadblock consisting of 3-500 people, Albanian men aged 16-40, who simply blocked off the main street in the middle of Obilić. When we drove up to the crowd, they attacked my vehicle. They went simply berserk on the wagon, and they also tried to get in, but the hatches were blocked so they did not enter. I had weapons ready, and got up of the hatch.”

Sven drew his Glock 9mm pistol and threw a CS grenade in the middle of the crowd to disperse them, but nothing of this helped.

“I closed the hatch and gave the driver orders to only carry on, run them straight down. If we had been standing there, we would have lost the momentum, and the entire battalion would come to a standstill. Then we drove straight through the crowd, and because of that we drove through the crowd, just mowed them straight down.”

“Do you think anyone died there?”

“Yes, people were killed there. When we drove over them, people were killed. When you get run over by a six wheeler weighing 22 tons, then you die. Had we not done that, Čaglavica would have burned.”

Norwegian soldiers fought against a massive Albanian mob on March 17 and 18, 2004. The pictures in this article are screen shots from the video Norwegian KFOR protecting Serbs in Kosovo 2004 aired by NRK, the Norwegian national public broadcaster in 2007.Čaglavica was in the Swedish area of responsibility, and they had requested that the Norwegians should come and support them because they failed the task of protecting Čaglavica. When the Norwegians came, there was complete chaos.

“The Albanians shot with AK-47s, and the Swedes lay flat along the ground and were terrified. We saw a lot of people who came walking toward us, a couple thousand people. We gathered the guys quickly and set up a line, blocked the main road with shields, and we were a human castle against the Albanian mob that came.

The Norwegians got support from the US Special Forces and Irish Battalion, and Swedish Special Forces to get set line further out to the side that the Albanians would not be able to enter Čaglavica on the flanks.

After establishing the defense line, the soldiers could see a mob of 10,000 Albanians coming their direction, and a truck with one driver and his passenger also approached the Norwegian barricade.

Sven shot 11 shots with his pistol, and as you can see from the picture, he shot eight shots at the driver and one shot at the passenger. The passenger was later shot in the chest one meter from Sven when the Albanian attacked the Norwegian soldiers.

Sven shot 11 shots with his pistol, and as you can see from the picture, he shot eight shots at the driver and one shot at the passenger. The passenger was later shot in the chest one meter from Sven when the Albanian attacked the Norwegian soldiers.

“I saw that the truck came towards us, but it had to constantly slow up not to run down his own men. The Albanians stood in the way of it, and it ran and honked and yelled, but eventually he came all too close, and I thought, ‘if he comes closer now, least 10 to 20 soldiers die immediately, because he would run he them right down.’ Then I simply had to shoot the driver. Altogether, I fired 11 shots.”

“With a pistol?”

“Yes, with pistol yes.”

“And you had no assault rifle or something?”

“No, I had an MP5 too, but I had a shield in hand so I couldn’t use it.”

“It was a one-handed shot then?”

Yes, a strong hand. I saw that the bullets hit him because I saw that he sat and shook in the car all the time”

“How far away was this?”

“Seven meters maybe, seven to 10 meters, and finally I saw the impact of the shots when he hung out from the truck, thus, he fell out the side window. The truck scolded down from the highway and into a ditch, but the truck was so close to the guys that the Albanians managed to creep into our line. Then came one guy came to take me.”

The two men in the truck were the brothers Bajer and Kastriot Elshani, and Sven confronted the other brother attacking him.

“He was one meter away when I shot him with two bullets in the chest. He fell right into the ground, and then he was dragged out of the line there.”

Norwegian soldiers fought against a massive Albanian mob on March 17 and 18, 2004. The pictures in this article are screen shots from the video Norwegian KFOR protecting Serbs in Kosovo 2004 aired by NRK, the Norwegian national public broadcaster in 2007.At this time, the situation was out of control, and the soldiers tried to break up the Albanian mob.

“It was like running into a brick wall; there were so much people. You could not turn them back,” says Sven. “I was responsible for a seizure-clearing team to scramble and run through the line, but you could not get out because you ran right into people. And the Albanians had also managed to squeeze in a little kids and older people in front. They hid behind human shields using small boys and everything like that.”

The soldiers fought all night, and on March 18 they also had big operations. “The Albanians also managed to catch a Swedish Sisu, one medic Sisu, where they simply managed to break the window to Sisu with crowbar, ignite it, and inside an injured Swede almost died. They tried simply to kill those who were inside the Sisu,” says Sven.

“How would you assess other nations’ efforts in relation to the Norwegian soldiers?”

“I shall not be biased or anything because I am Norwegian, but had the Norwegians not arrived, Čaglavica would have burned. The Swedes had simply given up. It is the worst I’ve seen, that they were so behind as they were. They were not at all trained and not ready for what happened there. The Irish Battalion came to help us, and they did well, and Ukrainian special police also did well. Those who failed completely were the Indian Special Riot Police. There was no point in that they even came.”

“But riot police, they ought to have found out such things?”

“Yes, but they came with bamboo shields and bamboo stuff for Indian country. They were not at all equipped to cope. The Norwegians were the best Irish battering was also very good, and the same was the Ukrainian special police. Unfortunately, the Swedes were not much to cheer for. They had resigned long before we arrived.”

KFOR in general failed miserably these days, but I am very pleased that my countrymen did a fantastic job, and the Norwegian soldiers received well-deserved medals.

Sergey, the complete story

Sergey Belous, a Ukrainian citizen from Kharkov was kidnapped by in Ukraine by Ukrainian forces while doing his job as a journalist. He thought he was going to be shot and killed, but after international pressure, he was released. Now he is giving his first interview as a free man in Belgrade, Serbia. In this video, he speaks about the importance of his Christian faith while in captivity.

Now that Sergey is safely back in Serbia, I have now closed the petition for Sergey’s return and declared victory. Thank you very much for the 1,764 signatures, and a complete list of those who helped with Sergey’s release is available here. Thank you also to those of you who have been helping anonymously. You know who you are.

However, the Ukrainian Union of Journalists has initiated a lawsuit against the Ukrainian government to compensate the equipment stolen from the three journalists and for the mental distress caused by their kidnapping.

More about Sergey’s story in the following articles:

Mother Tanja running like an eagle for Sergey. More pictures from Sergey's arrival on Facebook

Mother Tanja running like an eagle for Sergey.

Ukrainian Chronicles

На српском на ФБ репортер, хвала најлепше Љиљана Јованоић за одличан превод.

Yesterday, I was watching Obama’s speech in Tallinn about the civil war in Ukraine, and I was not at all impressed. I’m afraid our Western politicians are going to start world war III. Alternative voices and new politicians are needed.

In this article, I will give some links to good perspectives and videos giving an alternative to western warmongering against Russia, and I hope this is a page people would want to bookmark to find good information about the war in Ukraine and NATO’s approach to Russia.

Eastern Ukraine, the area where over 2600 civilians, not counting 298 victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, have been killed the last months.

Eastern Ukraine, the area where over 2600 civilians, not counting 298 victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, have been killed the last months.

There is a lot of good information out there, but one of the most important article for Western politicians to reflect about it Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault, written my Dr. John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. The article was published in Foreign Affairs, an American journal of international relations and U.S. foreign policy, one of the most prestigious periodicals of its kind in the world.

Another article that should be on the curriculum of all Western politicians who deal with security policy is The Silence of American Hawks About Kiev’s Atrocities. The author of this article is another top academic scholar, Dr. Stephen F. Cohen, a professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University. His books include Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War and The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin.

In this article, Cohen writes about the heavy artillery shelling and air bombardment from the Ukrainian government causing humanitarian catastrophes and almost no reaction from Western governments because they view the government in Kiev as an ally against “Russian aggression”.

To watch both Dr. Mearsheimer and Dr. Cohen together, CrossTalk: Containment 2.0? (ft. Stephen Cohen & John Mearsheimer) on Russia Today is to watch and learn more about the background to the conflict.

Democracy Now!

Anther good news source about this topic is Democracy Now! Although they have a too strong leftist agenda, or what they call progressive themselves, they have good and balanced coverage of Ukraine and Russia, and they often have very interesting guests. Let me go through some of their videos:

Update: Ukraine Ceasefire Takes Hold, but an Expanding NATO on Russia’s Borders Raises Threat of Nuclear War

On Sept 5, 2014, Dr. Stephen Cohen visited Democracy Now!, and he gave some chilling analysis about the risk to start a new war against Russia and NATO if NATO continues with their aggressive actions to encircle Russia with NATO presence and bases. He also said that the government in Ukraine has no democratic legitimacy and the claim that the US promotes democracy in Ukraine is not only a half truth but a lie.

Video description from Democracy Now!:The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels are reportedly set to sign a ceasefire today aimed at ending over six months of fighting that has killed at least 2,600 people and displaced over a million. The deal is expected this morning in the Belarusian capital of Minsk as President Obama and European leaders meet in Wales for a major NATO summit. The ceasefire comes at a time when the Ukrainian military has suffered a number of defeats at the hands of the Russian-backed rebels. In the hours leading up to the reported ceasefire, pro-Russian rebels launched another offensive to take the port city of Mariupol, which stands about halfway between Russia and the Crimea region. The Ukrainian government and NATO have accused Russia of sending forces into Ukraine, a claim Moscow denies. The new developments in Ukraine come as NATO has announced plans to create a new rapid reaction force in response to the Ukraine crisis. We are joined by Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New York University and Princeton University, and the author of numerous books on Russia and the Soviet Union.
 
 
Fmr. U.S. Ambassador: To Resolve Ukraine Crisis, Address Internal Divisions & Russian Fears of NATO

Video description: Ukraine has retracted an earlier claim to have reached a ceasefire with Russia. The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initially said he agreed with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on steps toward a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. But the Kremlin then denied a ceasefire agreement, saying it is in no position to make a deal because it is not a party to the fighting. Ukraine has accused Russia of direct involvement in the violence amidst a recent escalation. The confusion comes as President Obama visits the former Soviet republic of Estonia ahead of a major NATO summit in Wales. On Tuesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest outlined NATO’s plans to expand its presence in eastern Europe. Ukraine and NATO have accused Russia of sending armored columns of troops into Ukraine, but Russia has denied its troops are involved in fighting on the ground. We are joined by Jack Matlock, U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991.

Jack Matlock offers very good analysis, and he is also the author many books and scholarly articles. His latest book is Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray–And How to Return to Reality.  In the next video from Democracy Now!, Behind Heated Rhetoric, Eastern Ukraine Faces Grave Humanitarian Crisis as Over 1 Million Displaced, we also see Ambassador Matlock in addition to the Norwegian crisis investigator for Human Rights Watch (HRW) who has documented war crimes on both sides in the Ukrainian civil war in addition to some good field work in Syria. Solvang says Ukrainian government forces are most likely most responsible for civilian deaths in cities like Lugansk and Donetsk, although Russian backed rebels also use heavy artillery. Also see the HRW report Ukraine: Rebel Forces Detain, Torture Civilians.

Video description: We continue our coverage of Ukraine by looking at the humanitarian crisis on the ground. According to the United Nations, more than one million people have been displaced by the fighting. Some 800,000 Ukrainians have fled to Russia, another 260,000 are displaced inside Ukraine. We speak to Ole Solvang, senior emergency researcher for Human Rights Watch. He returned recently returned from eastern Ukraine and is the lead author of the new HRW report, “Ukraine: Rising Civilian Toll in Luhansk.” The report details how both Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels are contributing to the rising death toll in the besieged city where many residents have not had electricity, gas and running water for weeks. Food and fuel are running low.

The HRW report Ukraine: Rising Civilian Toll in Luhansk is something that should be carefully considered when Western politicians use very aggressive rhetoric supporting the government in Kiev unconditionally.

The next video from Democracy Now! is Ukraine Crisis Escalates as Russian Forces Cross Border, NATO Moves to Expand in Region.

Video description: The United States and NATO are openly accusing Russia of sending combat forces into Ukraine as tensions continue to mount. According to the United Nations, nearly 2,600 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April in fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels sympathetic to Russia. On Thursday, at least 15 civilians were killed when Ukrainian forces shelled the rebel-held city of Donetsk. Meanwhile, a new Human Rights Watch report accuses the rebels of arbitrarily detaining civilians and subjecting them to torture, degrading treatment, and forced labor. On Thursday, NATO released satellite images that it says show Russian artillery, vehicles and troops in and around eastern Ukraine. We are joined from London by the Guardian’s Jonathan Steele, the organization’s former Moscow correspondent and author of many books, including “Eternal Russia: Yeltsin, Gorbachev, and the Mirage of Democracy.”

Jonathan Steele has very sensible viewpoints, and you would learn a lot from watching this video.

Vice News

VICE news is a news source more critical to Russia, but they still have a fair balance, and it is also an important source to know what is going on on the ground in Ukraine. Here are some of their videos:

Donetsk Morgue Overrun with Civilian Casualties: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 74)

Video description: As the Donetsk People’s Republic opened up a new front to the south of Donetsk, Ukrainian forces continued their artillery bombardment of the city. With the pro-Russia rebels also using artillery to push back the military, civilians are often caught in the deadly crossfire.
VICE News headed to the Donetsk train station to see the destructive aftermath of the shelling, and later spoke with the chief coroner of the city’s central morgue to hear how he and his staff are struggling to manage the influx of bodies.

Allegiances Shift as Conflict Intensifies: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 73)


Video description: As the conflict between pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian military intensifies, civilians continue to suffer across eastern Ukraine. Amid the fighting, 
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visited the cities of Mariupol, Komsomolsk, and Novoazovsk to gauge the situation on the ground. In Mariupol, residents are protesting against pro-Russia militias, while in Komsomolsk, citizens reported they were robbed by the Ukrainian National Guard, and are now waiting with open arms for pro-Russia forces to infiltrate. And in Novoazovsk, an abandoned armored personnel carrier and destroyed column led us to a string of charred bodies — with few answers as to what transpired.

The New Rebel Offensive: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 72)

 
Video description: For three weeks, the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the capital of the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic, has faced a near-constant barrage of deadly shellfire. Hundreds of civilians have been killed as the Ukrainian army slowly encircled Donetsk and pro-Russia forces fought for control of what is strategically the most important city.

With the Ukrainian army having made sweeping gains since late June, the rebels announced a counter offensive to relieve the siege of Donetsk and other cities under their control. On August 25, rebel forces brought over a number of armored vehicles and tanks from the Russian border on the southern coastline. They quickly made a push towards the coastal city of Mariupol, but were stopped at the town of Novoazovsk after a skirmish with Ukrainian troops and volunteer forces. 

VICE News headed to Novoazovsk to investigate claims of Russian involvement, and found terrified civilians trapped in the shelling, along with desperate Ukrainian forces angry at their lack of reinforcement from their leaders in Kiev.

Kiev Independence Day Parade Flaunts Artillery and Armor: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 71)

Video description: On August 23, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss Ukraine’s place in the context of Europe. She also offered 500 million euros for the reconstruction of the Donbas region. The following day, a military parade was held in Kiev, in which high profile armor and artillery was displayed to crowds. Meanwhile, rebels in Donetsk held a counter march in Donetsk where they paraded their prisoners of war, as onlookers threw trash at the captives. 
 
Despite the high spirits at the Kiev parade, the display of equipment and artillery was perceived as a slap in the face to those fighting for Ukraine on the frontline — many of who are dying because they don’t have the artillery and military equipment they need to put up a fight.
 
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky attended the parade and interviewed members of volunteer battalions, who recounted their experiences on the frontline.

Fallen Rebel Fighters Treated in Russia: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 70)

Video description: Last week, a VICE News crew traveled to the Rostov Region in Russia, which is on the border of Ukraine, to investigate Moscow’s involvement in the conflict. We visit a hospital where injured rebel fighters were brought by Russian forces to be treated for their injuries, and speak to them about their take on the current crises in Eastern Ukraine. Recently, Russia has engaged in a campaign of sending over humanitarian convoys over to Ukraine by day. But under the darkness of night, it is rumored that Russia has been sending weaponized columns over the border to aid the rebels.
 

Donetsk Residents Sift Through the Rubble: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 69)

Video description: In VICE News’ latest dispatch from eastern Ukraine, we visit the rebel-held town of Donetsk to speak with locals about the damage done to their homes and property. The locals refer to the indiscriminate nature of the Ukrainian army’s shelling, as well as the separatists seeming inability to protect them.

Missing Civilian Bodies found in Mass Graves: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 63)

In a Facebook status from August 1, I wrote the following: Previously, I have criticized the Kiev government for war crimes, but let me be very clear that war crimes from the Russian rebels in Ukraine are also inexcusable. In the city of Sloviansk, a mass grave with 14 bodies was discovered, and it appears that four protestant Christians were kidnapped right after the church service and executed because the rebels wanted their car. Some very strong images in this video:

Video description: On July 24, 14 bodies were exhumed from a burial site in Sloviansk. The victims were civilians, all of whom are believed to have been killed by pro-Russia separatists when they were occupying the area. According to Ukrainian officials, there are roughly 300 people missing in Sloviansk, and mass and individual graves are consistently being found.

VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky investigated what may have been behind these murders, traveling to the mass grave site near Sloviansk as the bodies were being unearthed. He also met up with journalist Chris Miller, who found signed death warrants and proof that the separatists were operating under their own form of martial law while controlling Sloviansk.
 

Human Rights Watch was also covered this in the report Dispatches: Mass Grave Found in Eastern Ukraine.


In addition to this, we see worrying reports that Evangelical Christians are being mistreated by the Russian rebels. Although Pastor Sergey Rakhuba from Russian Ministries is completely on the Ukrainian side in the conflict, there is no excuse for the way Evangelical Christians are being treated by Russian rebels.  The report on on the Christian Broadcasting Network is very worrying.

Although VICE news correspondent is not always very popular among those allied and friends with the Russian rebels, he is a brave reporter, and he in the video Simon Ostrovsky Describes His Kidnapping: Russian Roulette In Ukraine (Dispatch 31), he gives his account of what happened.



Video description: On Monday April 21st, VICE News reporters Simon Ostrovsky and Freddie Paxton were stopped at a checkpoint by armed pro-Russia forces loyal to the self-proclaimed mayor of Sloviansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev. They were pulled from their car, along with three other journalists they were traveling with. After a thorough search and questioning, Paxton and the three other journalists were released. Ostrovsky was held in a basement cell where he was blindfolded, beaten, and accused of being a spy. For days, his whereabouts were unknown, which sparked a furor among journalists in the region and people from around the world who have been following his work. On Thursday, April 24 Simon was suddenly released onto the streets of Sloviansk with little explanation.
 

Graham Philips

The British freelance journalist Graham Phillips does not hide from anyone that he is covering news from the Russian side exclusively, but his reports are close and personal portrays of the civilian suffering in East Ukraine. He was also kidnapped by Ukrainian authorities, but he is now back on the ground in Lugansk. Recently he got over 10 million visits to his YouTube channel.

Sergey Belous

We're still fighting for Sergey Belous

We’re still fighting for Sergey Belous

Those who have followed my updates on SorrySerbia,com would know that the Ukrainian government is also heavily involved in kidnappings of journalists. My good friend Sergey Belous is now a free man, but there is no doubt that the Ukrainian government is responsible for the kidnapping of Sergey and his two colleagues.

Russia should be an ally, not a foe

The Arabic letter N, in solidarity with the suffering Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq and Syria.

The Arabic letter N, in solidarity with the suffering Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq and Syria.

Finally, my heart is bleeding for those who are suffering under the Islamic terror in Iraq and Syria, and that is also the reason for changing my profile picture on Facebook to the the Arabic letter N or Nun, referring to the word Nazarene. Islamic fanatics in the so-called Islamic State mark houses of Iraqi Christians with this letter because these brothers and sisters of us are marked for execution. This profile pictures is my expression of solidarity and a reminder that we all need pray for the Iraqi Christians and other minorities living under the threat of Islamic many countries. Normally, I am careful about calling to war, but in this case, we need to support all forces that can totally destroy these fanatics. ISIL is the pure manifestation of the Devil.

In this terrible conflict in the Middle East, the West should attempt to make Russia an ally instead of a foe. We could have solved the conflict in Syria and prevented the rise of ISIL a long time ago if we would have had a common approach.

There is a lot of talk that Russia should respect national sovereignty of smaller countries, but the US and the West have a very selective understanding of this. The US and the West have not respected the national sovereignty of Yugoslavia in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001 (NATO’s article 5 was stretched) Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011 (mission creep, not only protecting civilians) and almost Syria in 2013 if Russia had not saved them. So don’t come here trying to give Russia a lesson in meddling in other countries’ affairs.

Christians were living decent lives in Iraq before the war in 2003, but these days we reap the benefits. In 2007, the US started the surge, and they employed the Sons of Iraq, Sunni tribes to do a lot of the fighting for them. When Nouri al-Maliki refused to incorporate them in the Iraqi army, they became an important backbone of ISIS.

Then you have the Christian warmongers failing their brothers and sisters in the Middle East, one of them is Alistair Burt, who is normally going to the National Prayer Breakfast praising Jesus while calling for war against Bashar al-Assad, the best protection Christians have in Syria. Going to war against Assad would mean that you would help ISIS. Of course I am not naive, and Assad’s government is responsible for terrible war crimes and the indiscriminate shelling of civilians, but all this talk that it is time for Assad to go from Western politicians only deteriorates the situation.

Read my open letter to brother Alistair, Blessed are the Peacemakers. This weekend senator Ted Cruz, a very possible next president and an Evangelical said that the US should bomb ISIS back to the stone age. Of course, I have no sympathy for ISIS, but US politicians should look at their role in creating these savages.