Posted on 04/08/2023 6:29:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
The U.S. invasion of Iraq and toppling of Saddam Hussein was disastrously ill-conceived, as I explained before it started back in 2003. The resulting vacuum was filled by jihad groups who targeted the Christians, which they associated with the U.S. even though there has been a Christian presence in Iraq for 2000 years.
“Two Decades of Persecution Leaves Iraqi Christians with an Uncertain Future,” International Christian Concern, March 21, 2023:
03/21/2023 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This week marks the 20th anniversary of the launching of the U.S.-led coalition’s invasion of Iraq and the subsequent toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein….The US invasion in March 2003 then began what has been characterized by another two decades of turmoil, including internal sectarian violence and a massive exodus of Iraq’s nearly two-thousand-year-old Christian communities.
Prior to the beginning of the second US-Iraq war, Christians in Iraq estimated to number between 1-2 million. Two decades later, the number is estimated to have dropped 80%, with less than 250,000 estimated remaining in Iraq. Between 2005 and 2011, the nation’s security vacuum and sectarian civil war left Christian churches and families vulnerable to a long series of targeted attacks. Between 2014 and 2017, the conflict and attempted genocide by ISIS towards Iraq’s religious minorities, including Christians, led to even greater numbers of Christians leaving Iraq.
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All thanks to Bush fighting wars on behalf of YOU KNOW WHO
We should not have invaded Iraq. Bush turned into a disaster
“Iraq: Christian Population Declines by 80% Since 2003”
More WINNING, by the Neocons. And they’re doing really well in Ukraine too, having burned down the Orthodox churches there!
The only winner was Iran. Even though at the time I supported the war, in the back of my mind, I always thought Iran in the end would benefit, from removing Saddam from the picture.
Thanks Bush and Cheney.
Yep,
Big mistake. Bush sold the public a bill of goods.
I wonder if Afghanistan would have turned out better if we
and the rest of the world would have just focused there.
Oh my. This is awful. We went with the false narrative.
Thanks to bastard Bush.
Gracias, Arbusto.
When will the Islamic pop decline by 80%?
Somebody is not doing their job.
Maybe they converted to what Bush believes is the religion of peace. I pray not. I have never heard Bush square his professed belief in the Prince of Peace with what he believes is the religion of peace.
In addition, I have never heard Bush speak about any concerns he has about Iraqi Christians and the difficulty they have experienced since his nation building. His primary concern, after his presidency, appears to have been eliminating any meaningful choice GOP voters have.
He seems to prefer being buddies with repeat visitors to Epstein Island, then with other politicians who are concerned about the plight of Christians in foreign lands. One day, like us all, he will have to give an account.
Thanks to Shrub Bush & his gang of NeoCon war criminals, who continue to dominate the corrupt GOP foreign policy/war profiteer cabal.
Millions of Arab Christians were a sacrifice they were willing to make.
It was intended to be a disaster.
The New World Order requires flooding the First World with Third World "migrants>"
Bush, Cheney, and Kissinger and that ilk thought they could modernize the Middle East. Tear it down and provide it the support needed to build new institutions. They thought they could have the same success as Japan.
The only problem is that most Muslims really want to live as if it’s the 7th century in perpetuity.
You can't point it out though. Or the ADL will come at you like a rabid Pit Bull.
Nice job GW MORON!
And they still think what they did is great.
Bush has zero public remorse, and the sniveling neocons here and at large want us bent over even further - funding yet more of their never ending military adventurism.
G W MORON only comes out of hiding to bash Trump! Not one word against demonic obama. Only against Trump!
The same dumba55es that support ww3 in Ukraine for globohomo!
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