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Amy Goodman & the Spanish Civil War

Thursday, May 10 at 10:36 AM

Russell W. Haas of Golden writes:

‘In just six months of..1936, fifteen bishops and more than 6000 priests, seminarians, monks, and nuns were martyred in Spain by enemies of Christianity. It was the greatest clerical bloodletting in so short a time since the persecutions..by the ..Roman emperors.’ Yet Amy Goodman (5/6) drags out all the old canards about the Spanish Civil War and those Americans, misguided or knowing, who joined that fray to further Joseph Stalin’s aims. She further misstates that WWII might have been prevented if only the (Spanish) Republicans had won.
Yet had not General Franco reluctantly accepted the aid of Germany and Italy (the US and Britain later allied themselves with Stalin who had recently killed 10 million Kulaks), Spain would have become the first Soviet captive nation. And by afterward spurning them, Gen. Franco kept his country war free for the next 35 years allowing it to heal. Had he not done so, Hitler might well have been the master of the Straits of Gibralter and thus the Mediterranean. (Hitler and Stalin were allies on 09/01/1939.) May I recommend that you read: “The Last Crusade” by Dr. Warren H.
Carroll, or “The Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War” for an alternative view of that tragic era.

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READER COMMENTS

Six thousand priests, fifteen Bishops, a few seminarians, monks and nuns is a good start for which they should be grateful as they are now with their maker enjoying the good life. Me, your friendly deicide.

Posted by Richard Grimes(Arisen Ape)r22037yahoo.com(ffrf.org) on May 11, 2007 05:35 PM