tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950604783198695289.post3127748416976690418..comments2022-11-30T11:15:50.549+11:00Comments on Paul on Pius: Pinchas Lapide and Rubbery FiguresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950604783198695289.post-37710427903549239342012-07-14T18:56:49.541+10:002012-07-14T18:56:49.541+10:00Dr. O'Shea do you agree with Kevin Magidan th...Dr. O'Shea do you agree with Kevin Magidan that Lapide was motived by political exigency?<br />"Lapide was in the 1960s an Israeli consul in Milan and was attempting, at the time he made his inflated estimates, to secure Vatican recognition for the state of Israel..."<br />http://www.mail-archive.com/forum.zagraniczne@3w3.net/msg00197.htmlDomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108175024624509183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950604783198695289.post-77006043795325557582011-12-04T20:49:35.701+11:002011-12-04T20:49:35.701+11:00Dear Anonymous,
I think the maxim "If it loo...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I think the maxim "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is" best sums up the story of Ion Mihai Pacepa. The story, and that is what I regard it as, has no external corroboration from anyone or any organisation. I find it hard to believe that the Pope would warrant such attention from the secret police agencies of the USSR and Soviet Bloc. Sure Pius was the most vocal anti-communist crusader, but as far as the communist regimes were concerned he was a toothless tiger. And then why bother with a discreditting campaign of Pius XII when his successor, John XXIII was busy upsetting hard-line communists by making positive noises towards the Soviets and their allies. And what benefit would these detractors hope to gain? It makes no sense. Communist regimes regularly re-wrote history according ideological trends, so why would they go to the effort to fund and sustain a program of defamation around Pius XII. So, unless corroborative evidence is produced - hard copy verefied and contextualised by historians etc - I think Pacepa has the stuff for a good novel, but not much else.Paul O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172241722980912831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950604783198695289.post-24731340314874201052011-11-23T19:47:41.610+11:002011-11-23T19:47:41.610+11:00Paul:
Thank you for your research. What do you t...Paul:<br /><br />Thank you for your research. What do you think of Ion Mihai Pacepa's claims about the KGB involvement in writing the play, The Deputy?<br /><br />As you probably know he is said to be "the highest-ranking intelligence official ever to have defected from the former Eastern Bloc."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com