US intelligence: Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire, six sources familiar with US intelligence said, even as negotiators seek an end to the war that would leave Russia with far less territory.
The reports present a starkly different picture from that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators, who have said Mr Putin wants to end the conflict.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-...025-12-19/
The reports present a starkly different picture from that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators, who have said Mr Putin wants to end the conflict.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-...025-12-19/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
