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**Srewxardsasv** · 10-31-2006, 10:16 PM

I agree many bad effects. One would think if the United States, a nation that is supposedly 80%+ Christian with a christian president was going to take action in Iraq they would at least work to protect the life, rights and property of Iraqi Christians rather then treating them like an insignificant minority and overlooking their interests in favor of muslim interests.

Dear Scott,

So one would have thought, although it occurs to me that overt help for Iraqi Christians might actually make their situation worse since they would risk being seen as western pawns. That, of course, would not be to rule out covert assistance.

But I fear that we in the west do not have a distinguished record in helping our fellow Christians in this part of the world. In the 19th century we spent a lot of time trying to 'convert' them from their historic confessions, and in the 20th century we did positive harm to our fellow Christians in Turkey, where the international community did nothing to save either the Armenians or the Orthodox in communities like Smyrna in 1922/3. Our role in Palestine is not one which stands up to examination either, alas.The twenty-first century is not getting off to a more distinguished start, I fear.

In Christ,

John

10-31-2006, 10:16 PM	#5
Srewxardsasv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	I agree many bad effects. One would think if the United States, a nation that is supposedly 80%+ Christian with a christian president was going to take action in Iraq they would at least work to protect the life, rights and property of Iraqi Christians rather then treating them like an insignificant minority and overlooking their interests in favor of muslim interests. Dear Scott, So one would have thought, although it occurs to me that overt help for Iraqi Christians might actually make their situation worse since they would risk being seen as western pawns. That, of course, would not be to rule out covert assistance. But I fear that we in the west do not have a distinguished record in helping our fellow Christians in this part of the world. In the 19th century we spent a lot of time trying to 'convert' them from their historic confessions, and in the 20th century we did positive harm to our fellow Christians in Turkey, where the international community did nothing to save either the Armenians or the Orthodox in communities like Smyrna in 1922/3. Our role in Palestine is not one which stands up to examination either, alas.The twenty-first century is not getting off to a more distinguished start, I fear. In Christ, John
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