Posted on 07/19/2014 3:07:52 PM PDT by NYer
Would it surprise the writer that a little HISTORY is in order.
Correction: Would it surprise the writer that a little HISTORY LESSON is in order.
Sadly, since 9/11/01, the USA HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME.
“For years, we have been warning that support for terrorists in neighboring Syria would surely end badly. But even we could not imagine that it would end so badly so fast and over such a vast area. And yet, the insane Empire-builders are still handing billions and billions, and hundreds of millions of dollars to “moderate” terrorists! Where’s the outrage? Have you contacted your congressman, senator, president, MP, prime-minister expressing your outrage, begging this madness to stop?”
Thank Mr. Obama for that!
An effort to replace the TRUE GOD for a FALSE GOD.
For the past decade, our policies in the Middle East have done nothing but embolden Islamic radicals from Tunisia to Syria. Four thousand Americans died in Iraq to remove a secular "bad guy" and replace him with an Islamic Republic lead by cardboard cut-out leaders who had neither the popular appeal nor the steel-capped boots to keep the jihadists under control the way Saddam did. This was always going to be the outcome of our intervention.
Excellent!
Thanks for the url. I, too, shall soon have a field manual from the Church Militant!
I do believe “Jimmy” deserves a little of the credit for turning the middle east into a hell hole.
There is hope, more Muslims are coming to faith in Christ.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3182719/posts
Ethnic cleansing can also mean physical removal from a defined area. Thus, forced deportation is a form of ethnic cleaning. Of course, so is mass murder.
Saddam was a brute, but he kept the lid on the jihadis and fostered not just the existence, but even respect for, the 16-19-centuries' old Christian communities.
I'm not, of course, saying Bush wanted or expected the whole thing to explode and the Christians to face extinction. (I personally think he was the victim of bad intelligence.) But that's what happened and that was the result.
Why Iraq?
Had Saudi Arabia ever used WMD? Had they ever had a WMD program? Was their leadership a threat to provide al-Qaeda with WMD for the purpose of attacking the USA?
Please see post number 31.
The Eastern Christians face extinction so long as there is a radical Islamist movement. At any moment, any regime in the Middle East is likely to be challenged by the radical Islamist movement.
Eastern Christians (and Jews) are threatened so long as these creatures draw breath -- irrespective of who might be in change at any given moment.
Google this:
Walsh, Declan (December 5, 2010). "WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists". The Guardian (London).
"US embassy cables: Hillary Clinton says Saudi Arabia 'a critical source of terrorist funding'". The Guardian (London). December 5, 2010.
Fact remains, the Saudis are not a threat to provide WMD to the terrorists.
Separately, I would assume the Saudis are in conflict with the Caliphate movement. As the Guardians of Mecca and Medina, the Saudis probably aren't interested in a competing group trying to establish a Caliphate. This seems like a schism that could be exploited...
Just imagine for a moment, if the IDF walked onto the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and declared that ANY Muslim still in Jerusalem must convert, leave, or die. I’m sure they’d be allowed to do that by every other nation in the world, right?/s
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