Quiz for the Day: Who Said This about U.S. Involvement in Ukraine?

Hat tip to onePeter5 for the quotes.

Make your guess about the writer: Is it Archbishop Vigano?

The United States is placing its occupation troops in one country after another. This is the de facto situation in Bosnia for 9 years, in Kosovo and Afghanistan for 5 years each, in Iraq.... There is little difference between NATO’s actions and individual U.S. actions. Clearly seeing that today’s Russia poses no threat to them, NATO is methodically and persistently developing its military apparatus – to the east of Europe and into the continental reach of Russia from the south. There is open material and ideological support for “color” revolutions, and the paradoxical introduction of North Atlantic interests – in Central Asia. All this leaves no doubt that.a complete encirclement of Russia is being prepared, and then the loss of its sovereignty. No, Russia’s accession to such a Euro-Atlantic alliance, which conducts propaganda and the violent introduction into various parts of the planet of the ideology and forms of current Western democracy – would lead not to expansion, but to the decline of Christian civilization.

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Mantyhose - the latest in male fashion

If you are a student of history, I urge you to examine the fashions of dying cultures. You'll note that the men became more and more feminine in their apparel and personal appearance. Other things that degenerate: the arts. Think of Robert Mapplethorpe and Andy Warhol, the popularity of the pornographic novel Fifty Shades of Gray, the blasphemous plays, etc. The signs of collapse are everywhere, not just in the financial districts of the world

But times like these are an invitation to hope: to look for signs that indicate restoration of the true, the good, and the beautiful. Note the popularity of Gregorian Chant in recent years, the new media which includes Catholic fiction, films, and literary criticism. New solid and orthodox Catholic colleges and religious orders hold a seeds of promise for a bright future.

So, as you take note of the silliness of our decadent age, remember that what is truly real are those things that mirror most closely the glory of God. Everything else is just a dumb show.