Unless my history is a little rusty, the Baathists (Saddam included) left Iraq’s Christians alone.
Yes, they did. And so does Assad. But not out of the goodness of their heart. They needed the Christians to stiffen the backbone of minority rule.
Saddam (Sunni) and Assad (Alawite Shia) both had their 20% dominate the majority religious populations of their respective countries.
You just can’t effectively govern and oppress with 20% without some major concessions made to the other minority groups to work with them.
Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam’s right hand men, was Christian.
Saddam left Christians alone (unless they challenged his regime- in which case, off to the rape rooms and acid baths)
Assad leaves Christians alone (unless they challenge his regimee in which case off to the firing squads)
and Mubarak left Christians alone (unless they challenged his regime in which case off to prison)
obamas policy is and was to align with muslim radicals to overthrow these leaders
BTW Obama leaves Christians alone unless they challenge his regime, in which case off to the courts, IRS auditors and mandatory “diversity” education