[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That is something I've wondered about. We always read about ME Christians being slaughtered, but seldom read about them fighting back or taking the fight to the enemy. The ME is awash with guns -- why don't they get themselves armed?

Do they fight back more often than it seems and the story just doesn't filter out, or do they really submit to getting slaughtered?

[cripplecreek]

Just because you don’t read about it doesn’t mean they’re simply standing by waiting to be slaughtered. They’re among the Kurds and Yazidis who are fighting back in Iraq. They’re on the side of Assad in syria fighting back against ISIS. Ethiopians have been fighting Somalia for ages. Egyptian Christians do defend themselves in Egypt.

When you see the beheadings of Ethiopian and Egyptian Christians in Libya, you have to remember that they’re far from home for work and don’t have a network of friends and neighbors to help supply weapons or support.