Useful Idiots



In some of the news reports on the summit meeting between President Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Tsipras of Greece much is made about the Orthodox Church and historical religious ties between the two countries.

Now this strikes me as odd on a couple of fronts at least. 

Because neither man seemed to possess any religious belief during their earlier lives, quite the opposite in fact, until it became politically convenient later on, in much the same way as a 'secular' dictator Saddam Hussein belatedly and publicly embraced Islam, as a means of rallying support for his regime in Iraq.

But perhaps more to the point is that the Orthodox links between Russia and Ukraine seem to have counted for very little when President Putin used military force to annex Crimea and support a civil war with proxy Russian troops in the eastern provinces of Ukraine.

Throughout history religion has been used as a device for manipulating 'useful idiots' and if you ask me it's living up to its reputation on this occasion as well.

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