Posted on 06/26/2018 8:46:27 PM PDT by marshmallow
Those in Iraq who struggle to restore their ancient homes now that ISIS has been expelled express bitterness about an administration that promised them much.
Mosul, Iraq — It’s not the crushed buildings, open bomb craters, or even the bloodstained floors where the bodies of ISIS fighters have been rotting since the liberation of the Old City of Mosul that shock especially. It is the clumps of beard hair in the ruined churches. ISIS fighters used most of the 45 churches in the old city for shelter, target practice, and torture and, in the case of the Dominican church, as a place to hang their victims from inside the bell tower. As the battles intensified, many fighters shaved off their regulation long beards, which ISIS required of every man in Mosul (all of them were Muslims at that point), fighter or not. Rather like former Nazi troops shedding their uniforms before the approaching Allies, the soldiers of the caliphate thought they would evade capture if they got rid of their facial hair. The clumps were everywhere as we walked through the destroyed churches last week. The many dead bodies of ISIS fighters found in the desecrated churches are evidence that, for some, the barbershop escape plan came too late.
With my traveling companion, Catholic journalist Edward Pentin, I got to within a few miles of Mosul last year as the bombing intensified. We reached the abandoned Christian town of Karemlash. The damage was bad: ISIS had burned many of the houses and rigged them with IEDs, and, of course, desecrated both of the churches — in every church they captured in Iraq, every visible cross or image was defaced.
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There is no need to read beyond “National Review”.
Just saving folks time.
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Quite a few folks in South Vietnam share this opinion.
I think “National Review” is another traitor. The Benedict Arnold of periodicals.
They ARE referring to the Obama Admin, aren’t they?
Sadly, it is true.
Middle East Christians DO NOT support Israel.
There is no need to read beyond “National Review”.
Just saving folks time.
I was just about to post the same sentiment.
If the Christians there supported Israel’s right to exist I’d give them their own country and call it Kurdistan.
National Review is not a serious publication.
They’re not serious allies of Israel.
The American Left stabbed those South Vietnamese in the back. It is a black mark on us, no doubt.
I feel somewhat different about the Iraqis. We gave them blood and treasure to have a chance to lift themselves up, and while there are some good ones, a lot of them squandered the chance we gave them and spit on us.
Absolutely true. For the most part, they're Jew-haters just like the Mohammedans.
I care about the promises of the Trump administration to help the Christians (and other minorities) in Iraq outside of the UN system falling to the ground!
We promised and USAID has failed!
Here is a detailed report from World Magazine.
Morons
You live I a Muslim HELLHOLE
GET THE FUCK OUT AND STOP COMPLAINIG ABOUT US
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Very true.
American government is the ally of Sunni royal regimes in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE......
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[They’re not serious allies of Israel.]
Kind of surprised to see this in NR, considering the globalist sh!tbags in Washington they’ve supported over the years bear the primary responsibility for the eradication of Christianity across large swaths of the Middle East.
Thank you.
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