Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2008 |
no comment
Published in
Russia,
15th Century,
Asia,
Byzantine,
Byzantine Empire,
Byzantium,
Centuries,
Decay,
Demise,
Direct Descendant,
Domination,
Double Eagle,
Europe,
moscow,
putin,
rome,
Russia Today,
State Symbol,
Vladimir
Putin may be endangering Russia’s future by revisiting the past.
The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. But you wouldn’t know it in Russia, where Vladimir V. Putin has been behaving as though the 15th century never ended, as though he is the direct descendant of the Byzantine kings and Moscow remains the “Third Rome” it declared [...]
read more....
Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2008 |
no comment
Published in
Iran,
Israel,
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
Bucket Of Water,
Imam Khomeini,
Iran,
Iranian Foreign Minister,
Israel,
Israel Israel,
Jewish State,
Muslim,
Muslims,
Revolutionary Leader,
Ruhollah Khomeini,
tehran,
Verbal Attack
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world’s Muslims on Sunday to work to “erase” Israel, in the latest verbal attack by Tehran against the Jewish state.
“As the Imam Khomeini said, if each Muslim throws a bucket of water on Israel, Israel will be erased,” Mottaki told a conference in Tehran, recalling a [...]
read more....