Tea at Trianon: Syria Butchers Christians

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Monday, March 10, 2025

Syria Butchers Christians

From Christine Niles.

From Marco Rubio, Secretary of State:

The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent days. The United States stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities, and offers its condolences to the victims and their families. Syria’s interim authorities must hold the perpetrators of these massacres against Syria’s minority communities accountable.

From GB News:

The Syria Campaign and the Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that both security forces and pro-Assad gunmen were "carrying out mass executions and systematic killings". The SNHR estimated that 125 of approximately 140 civilians were slain over the weekend in "suspected revenge killings". Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell described the violence as "a massacre reminiscent of October 7th" and "nothing less than a brutal crime against humanity". (Read more.)

The killings are in honor of Ramadan. From The Geller Report:

“I appeal to you, by humanity and human rights, to save the Alawites on the Syrian coast from the crimes of the terrorists.. The corpses fill the streets and children are killed in their homes in Tartous, Latakia, Banias and Jableh.. And women are taken with them to be raped.. An ethnic cleansing operation.. Please help us.. The criminals are everywhere.”“Please save what’s left of us.” (Read more.)

More HERE.