Under the Gun

The Christian community outside of Israel in the Middle East is in peril. They are under threat from the Islamist extremists that the so-called Arab Spring unleashed and also perversely in Iraq from the forces the US brought to power by "liberating" that country from Saddam Hussein. Egypt and Syria are particularly bloody for the followers of Christ at the moment, and very little is being done by the Church in the West to protect their beleaguered brethren. Oddly, many US politicians from both major political parties are voicing support for precisely the people who are threatening Christians the most. The Egyptian military and even Assad in Syria may be the better alternative for non-Muslim minorities, even if they have resorted to brutality to hold power.