The situation for Christians in Iraq has never been worse. It is bad enough that they are being forced out of their homes, but they are also being tortured, killed, threatened, humiliated, and terrorists are now bombing sacred ground (churches). Today, all of the churches in Iraq have been abandoned and more than half of the christian population has been cleared out either because of murder or because they have fled to other countries. Though this is an article from a couple years back, many Christians are still being hunted down and prosecuted for their beliefs. This sounds a lot like a genocide to me. Have we not learned from our mistakes from the past. Have we not learned from past genocides such as the Holocaust in the 1940's, the genocide in Armenia in 1915 (also a christian target), or even the Rwandan genocide in the 1990's? When will accept others no matter of where they come from or what they believe in? What is your opinion? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vicar-dire-times-for-iraqs-christians/3/
I agree that the conflicts going on in the Middle East are terrible to say the least. It seems that no matter what the rest of the world does to intervene and end the violence ends in a futile attempt. It would make sense that we try to work things out with their government, however their government is so unstable we would have little effect. I believe that the situation needs to be more thoroughly examined before we try to do anything because we may end up in something we cant get out of.
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