Iraqi Christians Lose All Hope with Violence, Anarchy

Christians of Iraq.Com ^ | January 19, 2007 | Michelle Vu

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Nearly HALF the Christian community of Iraq has already been destroyed, in only four years.

"Mission Accomplished"!?

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Mission Accomplished!?

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

The latest good news from free, democratic New Iraq.

[Gamecock]

BTTT

[XR7]

Mission Accomplished!?

[BW2221]

There were a number of similar articles around Christmas. One priest in Iraq canceled midnight mass because he deemed it too dangerous to attend.

I hate to say this, but Christians actually were better off under Saddam. The only thing Sunnis and Shiites hate more than one another is infidels (be they Christians or Jews).

Meanwhile, there was a thread on FR yesterday about a Muslim student attending Northwestern University who wanted them to set us a apace for Muslims to pray at Wildcats basketball games. Soon they will be asking for (demanding ??) that games be stopped for fifteen minutes so they can pray.

[Alberta's Child]

I've said this here before -- and I will continue to hammer home this point whenever the opportunity arises . . .

The U.S. has basically p!ssed away 3,000+ American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars for the sole purpose of establishing an Islamic state in the Middle East.

If this makes sense to anyone here, please wake me up and fill me in on the details.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I guess a few purple fingers makes it all worth it. (Sigh)

The US Government is now spending Hundreds of Billions of dollars -- and thousands of GI lives -- to prop up a "Post-War Iraqi Government" which is dominated by the SCIRI Party and the Al-Dawa Party, the same nice people who brought you the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis and the 1982 Mass-Murder of 240 Marines in Lebanon! Our wonderful new "Allies" in the War on Terror, I guess.

Why are we supporting these madmen??

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Meanwhile, there was a thread on FR yesterday about a Muslim student attending Northwestern University who wanted them to set us a apace for Muslims to pray at Wildcats basketball games. Soon they will be asking for (demanding ??) that games be stopped for fifteen minutes so they can pray.

Sheesh...

Of course, if the football team takes more than 30 seconds in the locker room to pray a bowdlerized little Christian Grace before the game, it's an ACLU Separation of Church and State federal case (can't have that at a tax-funded University, doncha know -- even though college football is self-financing).

[AmericanMade1776]

“How little faith you have! Why did you falter?”

[Austin Willard Wright]

Good try...but the facts on the ground don't make any difference to the true belivers who support this war, no matter the consquences.

[TitansAFC]

I agree that the Libertarian types are probably more prone to hyperbole than most.

But being a supporter of the war - even now - I still have to ask why we cannto set up separate Iraqi states with autonomous rule?

The three state scenario doesn't seem so awful to me. And I don't think it means an admission of failure, either.

[BW2221]

It's important to remember that, according to its new constitution, Iraq is an Islamic republic, which basically means Christians are screwed.

While I voted for him nor once- but twice - I honestly believe George Bush could screw up a one-car funeral.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

“How little faith you have! Why did you falter?”

Are you suggesting that George W. Bush is the Messiah?

If he (or should I say "He"?) is not, then it behooves us to admit that spending hundreds of billions of dollars and 3,000 GI lives to establish an Islamic theocracy dominated by Terrorist parties is, dare I say... a failure.

If this be treason... make the most of it.

[Austin Willard Wright]

The three state solution can't be micromanaged from Washington because of the sticky point of sharing oil revenue. The only solution right now is for us to step aside from this mess. It is too late for the social engineers in Washington.

Had we handed over power back in 2003 to the Iraqis (even a government led by Chalabi), there is a better chance that the facts on the ground would be better than this. At least then, the Iraqis would have had to sink and swim. As it is, Maliki and company are like welfare recipients who have neither the motivation nor ability to survive unless they are on the U.S. teat.

[yoe]

If you mean 'with states rights' it might work but not three separate countries within a country.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Welfare-recipients... Good analogy.

But with RPG's and IED's instead of turf war drive-bys, that is.

[TitansAFC]

The three state solution was always about that. No, I wasn't suggesting three entirely different countries. ;-)

[Austin Willard Wright]

Longterm, the Kurds aren't going to stay in a three state Iraq and why should they? Heck, they probably won't even send more troops to Baghdad.

[buck61]

Hello!!!! wake up, the same thing is happening here in America
just in a different form.