U.S. ‘Catholic’ leaders take aim at Iran’s Christians
From Christian Newswire: Iran Sanctions Pass in Congress —“ Catholic Leaders Influential in Legislative Victory
These “Catholic” neo-con, more interested in politics than in Jesus, leaders seem to have forgotten how well sanctions and interventionist adventures worked against Iraq. Their warmongering, and the cheerleading they provided for the Bush regime, lead to the virtual destruction of Catholic and other Christian communities in Iraq as well as several thousands of American lives. Under Saddam, who was a secularist, Christian communities in Iraq were left in peace. Seems like these devils in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:15) want to set up what are left of the Armenians, Assyrians and members of the Chaldean Catholic Church of Iran for martyrdom. All for the greater glory of Go… oh yeah, interventionist U.S. government escapades.
These leaders are all for a nuclear free Iran. Perhaps they should focus on a nuclear free Middle East – thus the purge of Israel’s nuclear firepower. But of course, the United States has to sell its children to war just to prop up one country. Ezra Waldman, writing an opinion piece in the Albany Time Union asks:
Does [Ms. Hotaling] suggest that we cease supporting Israel? Whom would she support? Should we back Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and others?
How about this for the most simple, easy to understand answer… support no one, trade equally with all, and never ever intervene. If we were to do so, pulling completely out, the terrorism problem would disappear overnight.
I disagree with much of your analysis.
“Their warmongering, and the cheerleading they provided for the Bush regime, lead to the virtual destruction of Catholic and other Christian communities in Iraq as well as several thousands of American lives. Under Saddam, who was a secularist, Christian communities in Iraq were left in peace.”
Let’s place the blame where it really belongs: Extremist Shiite and
Sunni Muslims (and ineffective native Iraqi government leaders) were
directly responsible for the “virtual destruction of Catholic and
other Christian communities in Iraq”. These radicals set off the bombs,
kidnapped and murdered Christians, and drove other Christians out of
Iraq.
Under Saddam, Christians were hardly “left in peace”. Meet and speak with
members of the Assyrian Church of the East and they will tell of their
experiences – government refusal to approve construction of new Christian
churches; prejudice and discrimination in schools, the military, private
and government employment; pressure to become Muslim; and, most of all,
repression of free religious thought and action. Only those Christians
like Tariq Aziz who collaborated with the Bathists were rewarded but
even they were hardly “left in peace”.
“Seems like these devils in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:15) want to set up what are left of the Armenians, Assyrians and members of the Chaldean Catholic Church of Iran for martyrdom. All for the greater glory of Go… oh yeah, interventionist U.S. government escapades.”
I do not see evidence for your statements. Also, remember: All that is
necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. If America
does not speak and act to stabilize Iraq, who will?
“How about this for the most simple, easy to understand answer… support no one, trade equally with all, and never ever intervene. If we were to do so, pulling completely out, the terrorism problem would disappear overnight.”
Would that international relations were so simple! You sound like a 1960s
peacenik. The terrorist problem is due to certain Middle Eastern AND
Muslim elements who object to the secular (“godless”), materialistic
Western culture and lifestyle. Even if the U.S. and other Western
nations “supported no one, traded equally with all, and never ever
intervened”, Osama bin Laden, Iran, and North Korea would NOT become
peace loving and friendly. Appeasement of Hitler did not prevent
World War II. Religious fanaticism, extreme nationalism, and Communism
are still alive in this world. Evil exists regardless of our actions
or inactions.
Having said all of this, I do agree that U.S. intervention in Iraq,
however well intentioned, was a mistake. There were no “weapons of
mass destruction” found. Iraq is an artificially formed country after
World War I, contains some historic enemies (Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds),
and has no tradition or understanding of Western democracy and
individual human rights (as defined and agreed upon by United Nations
member countries). Without any changes in our current policies, we
Americans may very well be bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan for
years. We should all pray and work for real peace.