In Iraq, Sunnis have long been considered more "secular" by nature than Shi'ites. And the Sunni Ba'athist government was "moderate" in ways that were highly unusual in the Middle East. It was one of the only places in the region where Christians were permitted to run their own schools, and the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein had people in prominent positions who weren't even Muslims (Tariq Aziz, for example, is either a Chaldean or Maronite Christian).
I wonder how many Christians there are in the current Iraqi government.
This is a new tactic.
To support Saddam's brutal regime as being more "Christian" than freedom and democracy.
Even a dope like you must see the irony in that, don't you?