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How the Iraq War Became a War on Christians | The American Conservative
In March 2003, on the eve of war in Iraq, Pope John Paul II dispatched Cardinal Pio Laghi, a senior Vatican diplomat, to Washington to make a final plea to Bush not to invade. Laghi, chosen for his close ties to the Bush family, outlined clearly and forcefully the Vaticans fears of what would follow an invasion: protracted war, significant casualties, violence between ethnic and religious groups, regional destabilization, and a new gulf between Christianity and Islam. The warning was not heeded.
Two weeks after the Bush-Laghi meeting, on March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced. Shortly after combat operations concluded on May 1, the real conflict began. Amid the chaos and sectarian violence that followed, Iraqs Christians suffered severe persecution. Neither the military nor the State Department took action to protect them.
In Iraq, ancient Christianity lies in ruins. But who cares? »
Perhaps the crowds would have been bigger if the West had been paying attention to the desperate pleas for help from Chaldeans and Assyrians over the past decade.
Bush Policies Promote Global Jihad
Bush is now working with the U.N. to create a Muslim state in Kosovo.
On July 25, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a major hearing on religious persecution in Iraq that made your stomach turn. It effectively demonstrated that American soldiers, many of them Christians, are giving their lives and limbs to prop up a Muslim government that encourages or tolerates religious persecution against Christians. Michael Cromartie, chairman of the group and an appointee of President Bush, said reports indicate that nearly half of Iraqs Christians have already fled the country.
'Obliterating' Iraq's Christians | OnFaith
In 2007, Pope Benedict directly told President Bush that in Iraq, the society that was evolving would not tolerate the Christian religion. Yet, no American policy was directed to enable this ancient group survive the religious cleansing that the invasion unleashed.
Christian Massacres: A Result of U.S. Foreign Policy
In the wake of the U.S. invasion and occupation which in 2007 the Congressional Budget Office estimated would cost U.S. taxpayers about $2 trillion Christianity in Iraq might very well be fully eradicated. Reliable estimates found that about 1.4 million Christians lived in Iraq before 2003. Today, that number is less than 500,000, with some experts claiming the true figure is actually around 200,000. In all, some two-thirds of the nations Christians have already fled or been killed.
After the United States invaded, however, everything changed. The Assyrians have survived the coming of the Persians, the Arabs, and the Turks, Chancy observed. It remains to be seen if they will survive the coming of the Americans. Unfortunately, as Chancy and countless other analysts warned, Christians did not fare well.
Businesses were seized, churches were bombed, women were raped, Sharia law was brutally enforced, and Christians, including women and children, were viciously slaughtered. Muslim extremists throughout the nation and Kurdish nationalists in northern areas supposedly U.S. allies all participated in the massacres and persecution.
A year after the U.S. invasion, Chancys dire warnings had become reality. In fact, the current policies of the Bush administration are threatening to absolutely devastate ancient and pious Christian communities whose blood will be on all our heads, he observed in late 2004, saying the American people had become accomplices in the slaughter and destruction of large segments of the worlds Christian population.
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Every time I brought this up, USMB Republicans have denied it ever happened. I've been writing about it since I first signed up for this site and still USMB Republicans call this a lie. And look at the links, "Hudson Institutes Center for Religious Freedom" and the "American Conservative".
Even very conservative organizations no longer deny it. Unlike USMB right wingers. Can someone explain why they deny something that is very recent history?
And why do they insist Iraq was the Democrats war? It wasn't. Bush was president. Republicans held both houses. Remember "You are with us or with the terrorists"? After 911, not only was it political suicide to oppose the Republicans, the majority of Americans believed Iraq was involved in the terrorist attack that brought down the WTC.
Party divisions of United States Congresses
Not only are Republicans responsible for the invasion in Iraq, they were warned what would happen to the Christians there by even the Pope and took no precautions and did nothing to help the Christians while they were being prosecuted. That's a fact. It's true. It happened. It's recent history. USMB Republicans may deny that fact, but it is a fact.
In March 2003, on the eve of war in Iraq, Pope John Paul II dispatched Cardinal Pio Laghi, a senior Vatican diplomat, to Washington to make a final plea to Bush not to invade. Laghi, chosen for his close ties to the Bush family, outlined clearly and forcefully the Vaticans fears of what would follow an invasion: protracted war, significant casualties, violence between ethnic and religious groups, regional destabilization, and a new gulf between Christianity and Islam. The warning was not heeded.
Two weeks after the Bush-Laghi meeting, on March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced. Shortly after combat operations concluded on May 1, the real conflict began. Amid the chaos and sectarian violence that followed, Iraqs Christians suffered severe persecution. Neither the military nor the State Department took action to protect them.
In Iraq, ancient Christianity lies in ruins. But who cares? »
Perhaps the crowds would have been bigger if the West had been paying attention to the desperate pleas for help from Chaldeans and Assyrians over the past decade.
Bush Policies Promote Global Jihad
Bush is now working with the U.N. to create a Muslim state in Kosovo.
On July 25, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a major hearing on religious persecution in Iraq that made your stomach turn. It effectively demonstrated that American soldiers, many of them Christians, are giving their lives and limbs to prop up a Muslim government that encourages or tolerates religious persecution against Christians. Michael Cromartie, chairman of the group and an appointee of President Bush, said reports indicate that nearly half of Iraqs Christians have already fled the country.
'Obliterating' Iraq's Christians | OnFaith
In 2007, Pope Benedict directly told President Bush that in Iraq, the society that was evolving would not tolerate the Christian religion. Yet, no American policy was directed to enable this ancient group survive the religious cleansing that the invasion unleashed.
Christian Massacres: A Result of U.S. Foreign Policy
In the wake of the U.S. invasion and occupation which in 2007 the Congressional Budget Office estimated would cost U.S. taxpayers about $2 trillion Christianity in Iraq might very well be fully eradicated. Reliable estimates found that about 1.4 million Christians lived in Iraq before 2003. Today, that number is less than 500,000, with some experts claiming the true figure is actually around 200,000. In all, some two-thirds of the nations Christians have already fled or been killed.
After the United States invaded, however, everything changed. The Assyrians have survived the coming of the Persians, the Arabs, and the Turks, Chancy observed. It remains to be seen if they will survive the coming of the Americans. Unfortunately, as Chancy and countless other analysts warned, Christians did not fare well.
Businesses were seized, churches were bombed, women were raped, Sharia law was brutally enforced, and Christians, including women and children, were viciously slaughtered. Muslim extremists throughout the nation and Kurdish nationalists in northern areas supposedly U.S. allies all participated in the massacres and persecution.
A year after the U.S. invasion, Chancys dire warnings had become reality. In fact, the current policies of the Bush administration are threatening to absolutely devastate ancient and pious Christian communities whose blood will be on all our heads, he observed in late 2004, saying the American people had become accomplices in the slaughter and destruction of large segments of the worlds Christian population.
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Every time I brought this up, USMB Republicans have denied it ever happened. I've been writing about it since I first signed up for this site and still USMB Republicans call this a lie. And look at the links, "Hudson Institutes Center for Religious Freedom" and the "American Conservative".
Even very conservative organizations no longer deny it. Unlike USMB right wingers. Can someone explain why they deny something that is very recent history?
And why do they insist Iraq was the Democrats war? It wasn't. Bush was president. Republicans held both houses. Remember "You are with us or with the terrorists"? After 911, not only was it political suicide to oppose the Republicans, the majority of Americans believed Iraq was involved in the terrorist attack that brought down the WTC.
Party divisions of United States Congresses
Not only are Republicans responsible for the invasion in Iraq, they were warned what would happen to the Christians there by even the Pope and took no precautions and did nothing to help the Christians while they were being prosecuted. That's a fact. It's true. It happened. It's recent history. USMB Republicans may deny that fact, but it is a fact.
