[Zhang Fei]

Froggy is a former SEAL who served in Iraq. During a Christian conference in Lebanon during September 2011, he met up with Lebanese Christians as well as Syrian Christians who were in town for the conference. Their take is that the fall of Assad will be a disaster encapsulated by the following graffiti: "Alawites to the grave, Christians to the cross" (presumably by crucifixion).

[cripplecreek]

The media pattern has been established. First they call it a fight for freedom just like the American revolution. When the radical islamists take control the media suddenly finds far more interesting things to report on elsewhere.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The Assad regime is of the Alawite branch of Islam, which is kind of a despised offshoot of the Shia sect and only accounts for about 10% of the population. The Christian community there is estimated to be 12-15% and so the Assads long ago forged a political alliance with them the basis of which pretty much boils down to, “If you support me, I’ll protect you from the angry Muslim hoards that surround you, and if not, well good luck with that.” This is not unlike the arrangement that Christians made in Iraq with Saddam Hussein. It’s not so much that the Christians support either Assad or Hussein as much as they don’t actively oppose them since neither dictator was particularly concerned about whether his actions were drawing much affirmative “support”.

[Venturer]

Replacing one pack of Butchers with another pack of Butchers is not Democracy.

Muslims hate everybody, even themselves.

Obama sure stirred a hornets nest, but it doesn’t matter to him, he would kill Christians too if given the chance, although right now he just has to settle for killing their unborn.

[Capt. Tom]

Both the Alawites,Christians and to some extent the Shiites in Syria will be severely targeted by the fundamental Sunnis if Assad Falls from power.

Lebanon was a Christian country 30 years ago, but is now a Muslim dominated country. The Christians survive in Lebanon because of the mistrust between the Sunnis and Shiites. If the Sunnis and Shiites get on the same page the Indidel Christions in Lebanon are doomed. - Tom

[Thunder90]

The big point here is that you have radical Muslims (Hezbollah) fighting radical Muslims (Al Qaeda).

[Pollster1]

The Syrians are revolting!

You can say that again.

[bayouranger]

This message must get out.

Thanks for the post.

[Praxeologue]

The semi-secular dictators protected Jewish communities as well as Christian communities, in Iran. Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. They also fostered a degree of commerce and modernity relative to the theocratic alternative.

Only an iron fist can subdue militant Islam. They are either at your feet or at your throat. If Bush II had understood that truth, the history of the last decade would have been much different. Obama's Middle East policies are the same as Carter's: intentional support for militant Islam contrary to U.S. interests.

Most of these minority communities are being wiped out and will never return. It is a tragedy orchestrated by our own government.

[Karliner]

Nasty conundrum. My prayers for Syrian Christians and Jews if any are left. I’ve a feeling the tragedy is only the beginning.

[FR_addict]

Thank you for posting. It just makes me sick how the killing of Christians is being covered up in the Ivory Coast, Egypt, and the rest of the so called Arab Spring movements.

[mckenzie7]

Somewhere I had read that the Christians in Iraq were free to worship and that all changed with the fall of Saddam Hussein. It looks like it is the same in Egypt.

Since there is nothing that we can do personally but pray, then PRAY WE MUST!

[mckenzie7]

Somewhere I had read that the Christians in Iraq were free to worship and that all changed with the fall of Saddam Hussein. It looks like it is the same in Egypt.

Since there is nothing that we can do personally but pray, then PRAY WE MUST!

[jveritas]

The civil war in Syria is the ultimate case of Evil Fighting Evil... Let them fight until they destroy each others...

[Elsie]

Another View of the Syrian “Revolt” (200 Christians killed in Homs by Free Syrian Army)

Yawn...

CHOICE killed approximately 2800, life forms that were human and going to be CITIZENS, in America todasy.

[odds]

To me the issue is not whether Shi’ites are better or more tolerant of Christians or minority religious grps than the Sunnis. They are both moslems. The situation in Syria, imo, is largely an Islamic problem, and the West should not take sides.

As for Christians & other minority religious grps in the ME, they should leave. Unfortunately, some can’t afford to or don’t want to. For the latter because they see themselves as Syrians, Egyptians or Iranians first and foremost since most have lived in those countries for centuries and have deep roots there.

However, many (if not most) moslems view *nationality* as secondary, and religion as the primary factor. And, it really doesn’t matter that some moslems might be secular or truly want Assad gone because he is *evil*.

Similar to Iran back in 1979, or even in 2009 w/ so-called the green movement, a portion of the population was sincerely looking for “democracy”, but in those parts of the world, religious zealots always end up having the upper hand and silence others, provided they are given the opportunity.