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2022-09-17 Britain
Russia Complains Lack of Invite to Queen's Funeral Is 'Blasphemous' and 'Immoral'
[BREITBART] Russia has complained that the failure to invite its representatives to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is "blasphemous" and "profoundly immoral".

"We view this British attempt to use a national tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes to settle scores with our country during the days of mourning as profoundly immoral," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova complained in comments quoted by Sky News.

"This is especially blasphemous to the memory of Elizabeth II, who is known to have served during World War II in the territorial defence ranks of the British Armed Forces fighting the Nazis," stressed the Russian — her country’s own experience in what they call the Great Patriotic War being foundational to its modern-day national identity.

Invitations to attend the state funeral have been extended to world leaders across the globe, with Russia, allied Belarus, Buma (Myanmar), Assad-led Syria, Taliban
...Arabic for students...
-led Afghanistan, and Maduro-led Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
so far the only governments to be snubbed.

Communist China has been invited — although some parliamentarians are lobbying against this — and so have the likes of North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
and the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran, if only at the ambassadorial level.
Posted by Fred 2022-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 The Queen's relatives, Nicolas and Alexandra, were predisposed.
Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-17 00:33||   2022-09-17 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Their country. Their funeral. Their rules. Stop whinging.
Posted by magpie 2022-09-17 03:43||   2022-09-17 03:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps continued incidents such as this have something to do with the UK decision.

BBC - Royal Navy tracks two Russian submarines in North Sea
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-17 03:47||   2022-09-17 03:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe it time to tone it down now? Just thinking of ways out. OR NOT.
Posted by newc 2022-09-17 04:36||   2022-09-17 04:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe securing Putin's safety when in close proximity to herr Biden was a concern.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-09-17 07:50||   2022-09-17 07:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Whaaaaaaa
Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-17 09:31||   2022-09-17 09:31|| Front Page Top

#7 To be fair, I think they told everyone to piss off.

I don't blame them; don't need Barack there doing the gay man hitting on girls thing.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-17 10:27||   2022-09-17 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ And another iPod with his old campaign speeches
Posted by Frank G 2022-09-17 10:35||   2022-09-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

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