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p> IRAQ CHRISTIANS br> Re: Doug Bandow's Iraq's Forgotten Minority : /p> p>I have wondered why our pastor does not remember Iraqi Christians in the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass. I've certainly asked him on many occasions to pray for them. Then I had a moment of enlightenment. The acknowledgment that Iraqi Christians are in need of our prayers would show that they are being persecuted by Islam. He has invited an imam to the 4th of July non-denominational celebrations and the imam has stated that the only way to God is through Islam. Most Middle Eastern Christians are being persecuted but news of the persecution rarely makes headlines. President Bush is sacrificing them to political correctness. Shame on him. Please keep them in your hearts and prayers. br> -- Clasina Segura br> New Iberia, Louisiana /p>

Well, well, well! What a surprise to find that the Bush Administration is turning its back on another group that has supported it! Doug Bandow reports that Christians in Iraq are now targeted far more than they were under Sadaam. Many thousands of them now desperately seek to come to the United States, only to find that our immigration laws are still enforceable and enforced, the experience of the Mexican hordes to the contrary notwithstanding.

At least those of us who were foolish enough to buy the "Bush is a conservative" bill of goods once had the option to withhold our support for him after the fraud was established. Our lives are not in jeopardy by his occupation of the White House. Pity the poor Iraqi Christians who had their relatively peaceful lives thrown into turmoil by Mr. Bush's experiment in nation building, and now must fear for their continued existence.

p>I can only hope that the American people will think through all the consequences before launching any more military misadventures in pursuit of the neo-conservative dream world. What's going on with Iraqi Christians as a result of this current escapade is a blot on our national honor, and will not be overlooked by any presumptive allies "in country" the next time we're faced with a situation in which military action should have to be undertaken. br> --

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