Posted on 09/11/2014 12:26:24 PM PDT by Pyro7480
...We learn of a Maronite Christian seeking a liaison with Hezbollah and it sounds horrifically bad until you realize the purpose is to work together to fight ISIS, for instance. Her descriptive language for the various Christian leaders...suggests a lack of intimacy with the topic....
...When Cruz was supposed to give the keynote address and discuss the deadly serious topic of persecution of Christians, he instead insulted a largely immigrant and foreign crowd as a group that didn’t understand their own political situation and stomped out of the room after calling them a bunch of haters....
The fact is, as Mark Tooley explains in a very thoughtful and balanced piece, that Christians who are persecuted have political views that may not align with U.S. interests. Who knew? For many of us, our concern about genocide of Christians isn’t limited to those who are perfectly aligned with our views. Someone will have to explain to me how positioning Cruz and the Free Beacon this way — as the go-to group for missing the point on Christian persecution — is a good thing for either of them or the military solutions they seek....
While the case absolutely can and should be made that support for Israel does help the fight against Christian persecution, it would be naive and wrong for Christians to think that the United States has their interests at heart globally (or domestically, it seems!). And the United States has no governmental obligation to help out the Christians who are dying in the Middle East, although it would be wonderful if we could stop doing things that lead so quickly to their persecution. But I do wonder if some hawks misunderstand or underestimate American Christian sentiment about our brothers and sisters in Christ at their peril.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Hey Mollie, Bite Me!
Syrian Refugee's View of Israel 'Transformed'
Muslim man tells rabbis here how his perceptions have been altered by help from Jewish state...
An alternate view on Ted Cruz’s speech at the In Defense of Christians conference.
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Bull Cheese. Sen. Cruz was being heckled and shouted down by Jew hating anti-Zionists.
Cruz is very much like Harry Truman in that regard. You might not have agreed with him on everything, but there was never a question of what he really believed and stood for. A breath of fresh air.
Screw ‘em. Cruz was 100% correct. My sympathy for them just dropped to near zero.
Cruz needs to establish that he is correct on foreign policy and knowledgeable, and conservative.
He doesn’t need to follow your fake advice.
I would feel confident making a bet that the 6 million Israeli Jews have done far more to benefit the human race and aid persecuted minorities than the entire 1.6 billion muslims who pollute planet earth with their 1,400 year old death-cult called Islam.
Not buyin’ defense of anyone who feels Israel is the problem.
The problem is Islam.
Practiced by Muslims.
Period.
With Muslims persecuting Christians in the Middle East, why are Christians there indulging in antisemitism? And if memory serves me right, Hezbollah blew up our marine barracks.
Every mooselimb the Israelis kill, is a help to Christians.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, you will prosper. God, who cannot lie, promised.
“And the United States has no governmental obligation to help out the Christians who are dying in the Middle East, although it would be wonderful if we could stop doing things that lead so quickly to their persecution.”
Wow - just striking.
Cruz missile ALL THE WAY.
Strong man in every sense of the word.
I admire Cruz and his willingness to bring the hammer down on these fools in no uncertain terms. Wow! My kind of presidential candidate.
It is obvious that Israel has enough just defending themselves, without trying to go several countries over to defend others.
Please remove me from your anti-Israel, Jew-hating propaganda list.
Thank you,
sitetest
” Humanitarian airlifts and rescue choppers would be helpful.”
Into which countries?
Cruz should have known his audience better.
Maybe the audience should have known Senator Cruz better?
Middle Eastern Christians are now living in our country of Judeo-Christian values. If they feel so badly about that, they can pack off home. Cruz was right.
The Christians who've been dwelling in and around Nineveh didn't see Roman Catholics missions among them until the early 19th century.
They're Nestorians, Chaldean, Syrio-Orthodox, and others with their own very rich literature and history nearly wiped out by the arrival of Islam in the 7th century. It not something that ordinarily comes up in studies and discussions in the Church of Christ and Baptist congregations that dominate Texas.
I like to doubt he will make a similar mistake again.
They do have the assets right there in the immediate area. They could help and yes, they do have an obligation to do so. The whole world does: http://i0.wp.com/madworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/4.jpg?resize=300%2C247
That being said, possibly the Israeli’s know more about the Christians in that part of the world than we assume?
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