I guess this falls under the aegis of "unintended consequences". Sad, nonetheless.
I can't even comment on this.
This is not good. I hope Bush isn't taking the TROP stuff too far for his (and their) own good.
IRAQ was "LIBERATED". They no longer live under a dictatorship. BUT FREEDOM isn't free.......they all must step up to the plate and WANT their new found freedom.......WE CAN'T MAKE THEM! In the end they will get what they deserve. Just like this country.
It is simply a myth to imagine that attacks on Christians is a new thing there. This happened before as well, only now, since we are occupying, we hear about it and the Christians can flee with more open borders.
See my blog regarding latest bombings of churches:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/
But also see this other article- a lot of good things are happening in Iraq, for Christians as well as for all Iraqis:
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/2004/07/chaldean-bishop-on-building-new-iraq.html
"as an Iraqi I believe that we shall always be grateful to the US for our liberation. I say it as an Iraqi, as a Kurd, as a Catholic bishop. Our people were saved and can now hope in a better future." - Rabban Al Qas, Chaldaean bishop of Amadiyah (northern Iraq)
Meanwhile, the US State Department continues to allow Islamic "refugees" flood into the US.
God grant to those in authority wisdom to accomplish your purpose in this time of conflict. In Christ name.
For the first time in 30 years, they can leave without getting shot in the back. I would imagine there's a bit of pent-up demand.
This has been posted previously.
This is horrific. I can't say any more. We must protect our own.
I'm surprized to hear that. What's the URL for this?
And if the situation is such that Muslims are descending upon 'eastern rite' Catholics, essentially, and also schismatic eastern rites, then the interim government must pay more that lip service to cracking down on such attacks. They had said the right words. But they have to mean it.
This is the Buchanan complaint, basically. It was my fear before the 'shock n awe'. An Islamic theocracy WILL behave brutally toward non-Muslims. It's pretty much right in the Koran. They can't allow an Islamic theocracy to be established.
For example, I'll bet they talked to quite a few peole before they were able to get this quote:
"We thought the Americans were going to bring us freedom and democracy," stated a 31-year-old Iraqi identified as Robert. "Instead, they are promoting Islam. We do not understand it.... We do not want their effort to be a failure [which it would be] if the dictatorship of Saddam is replaced by the dictatorship of Islam..."
Yes, the idiots attacked Christian churches last night and this morning and that's horrible, as is everthing those terrorists have done. But nobody with realistic expectations figured Iraq would be completely calmed down just over a year after the fall of Baghdad. Not in this region.
Bush warned on September 18, 2001 that the War on Terror would not be some quick, neatly sewn-up mission. Iraq is still part of the War on Terror; I don't care what the Democrats say. Al-Qaeda is all over this place.
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