Idiots...but....the good, and God, doth love fools.
Exactly. From their statement:
"They knew that their only protection was in the power of the love of God and of their Iraqi and international co-workers.
I don't dispute that God was looking out for them, for probably just the reason you suggested, but they've completely ignored and went out of their way to insult the tool God used.
This is despicable and unChristisan like behavior.