{"id":148970,"date":"2023-06-27T05:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=148970"},"modified":"2023-06-27T05:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:57:06","slug":"cj-thank-the-rebbes-followers-for-turning-the-tide-of-the-russo-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=148970","title":{"rendered":"CJ: Thank the Rebbe’s Followers for Turning the Tide of The Russo-Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Johnson writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The reason you don\u2019t understand what just happened in Russia is because you don\u2019t understand Chabad, its players, and the power they wield around the world.<\/p>\n

Every so often I am reminded that I live an exceptionally colorful life.<\/p>\n

So it was past week I received text messages, direct TMs, and a phone call from my friends within Chabad. Why they even left a message with my bank. Thank you for the blessings.<\/p>\n

Whilst I was initially apprehensive and even frightened these outreaches amounted to blessing \u2014 and as with all blessings, a harbinger of the future. \u201cThe war is going to end,\u201d one of my friends told me. I knew that Chabad had long opposed the war in Ukraine and that Putin\u2019s rabbi \u2014 Berel Lazar \u2014 was planning to be in the United States soon. I tweeted about their having contacted me.<\/p>\n

At their urging I informed my friends within the U.S. government and \u2014 sure enough \u2014 Prigozhin and his Wagner Group moved out of Ukraine and into Russia. Prigozhin\u2019s Wagner Group provides security for much of the Chabad society operations throughout Africa.<\/p>\n

After all, this past week was a holy day for Chabad. It marked the 29th anniversary of the death of the Rebbe Menachem Schneerson.<\/p>\n

You probably didn\u2019t notice that President Biden has signed two proclamations honoring the Rebbe or that his son Hunter Biden spoke with Chabadniks about getting back their library.<\/p>\n

But I did.<\/p>\n

The U.S. government has aligned itself with Chabad in its quest to rollback some of the nastiness of the Russian oligarchs and regime. Chabad has been a willing ally insofar as its rabbis feel that Putin hasn\u2019t done enough to bring about peace between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard that that was a major discussion in Brooklyn this past weekend. The event in Brooklyn was exceptionally well attended. By some estimates as many as 50,000 attended a remembrance for the Rebbe. Why here\u2019s Berel Lazar, Putin\u2019s rabbi. In Brooklyn!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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