Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump

https://newrepublic.com/post/208820/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-donald-trump

by sleepyguy • 3 months ago

22 11 3 months ago

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jjgreen• 3 months ago

Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?

verdverm3• 3 months ago

They ship troublesome priests to places where the media won't pick up on their antics. Out of sight, out of mind

_wire_• 3 months ago

For me, this is a memorable line from the 60s movie Becket with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton, which is a character study about state power, belief and love based on history of King Henry and his Archbishop, done with strong production values that with a thespian ornament distinctive of British film production houses of the decade it made.

According to the Gemeniz (reddit sourced) the line from history is "Will none of these lazy insignificant persons... deliver me from this turbulent priest?" although this was recorded hundreds of years after the fact of its utterance. The essence being that Henry being used to throwing his weight around was truly surprised that his complaint was regarded as an order.

The screenplay of Becket treats this gingerly, O'Toole gives King Henry both grief at the loss of his friend, and elation that his figurehead enjoys new status as Becket is sainted.

jacquesm4• 3 months ago

Are you suggesting the US invade the Vatican?

jacquesm4• 3 months ago

It is kind of funny. It also puts the lie to their 'respect for religion'. I can see Trump declaring himself to be pope next.

verdverm3• 3 months ago

He already made the image of himself as the pope, when they were selecting the current pope.

What one has to understand is that Trump is their religion to which everyone else must be subservient.

jacquesm4• 3 months ago

It's interesting that democracy is so incredibly fragile. All it takes is for a minor portion of the voters to be given a bunch of lies that increase their own feelings of superiority and boom, there goes your decades long work. Frightening too.

GeoPolAlt• 3 months ago

Worth remembering that the Pope is a US citizen, who now will not return to the US due to threats by his own government.

Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump

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