So the first anti-American American president was at Fort Bragg for a photo-op last Wednesday. Ostensibly there to welcome home the troops, I’m sure he’s planning on using the footage for his reelection campaign.
 
Amid the usual empty rhetoric, one obvious falsehood really jumped out at me; “We’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable Iraq.”
 
“Stable?” For whom? Somehow I doubt that the remaining Iraqi Christians would agree with Obama’s proclamation.
 
From Compass Direct, here are some reports from Iraq of serious instability:
 
On May 16th ~ The body of a Chaldean Christian was found with marks of severe torture and mutilation.

General Secretary of the Chaldo-Assyrian Student and Youth Union Kaldo Oghanna described the mood among the Christian community in Iraq as miserable….
He said that the murder of Yaqub took away the glimmer of hope that Iraq’s youth had for the future and further eroded their faith in the government.

 
On August 2nd ~ Blast Near Church in Kirkuk, Iraq Injures 13.
A car blast outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, Iraq yesterday morning left 13 wounded as police located and disarmed two more car bombs targeting churches in the city.
 
On August 15th ~ Insurgent Blast Ravages Church Building.
An insurgent blast left a church building in Kirkuk, Iraq severely damaged on Monday (Aug. 15) in a second round of attacks against the city’s Christian community in two weeks.
“Please pray for us. Pray for peace and stability. Our Christians are afraid indeed.”
 
On December 3rd ~ Islamic Rioters Attack Christian Shops in Northern Iraq.

“I think these attacks were organized,” Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk Louis Sako said. “They might be connected not only to domestic issues, but also to events outside the country. Unfortunately, it’s always the Christians who pay the price.”

 
It’s not like this aggressive persecution of Iraqi Christians is a recent phenomenon. This video is over a year old:
 

 
“Is it because they want to purge the land of Christians?”
Um… ya think?! ~
“Leave our Muslim Territories immediately, otherwise we will kill you.”
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Before the 2003 U.S.-led military operation, there were approximately 1.2 Christians in Iraq. Open Doors estimates there are only 300,000 to 350,000 left.
Apparently the military brass wasn’t too concerned with the plight of the Christian community while we were in Iraq. And now that our fearless leader has brought all the troops home we can just ignore the situation all together.
 
Obama’s opportunistic Fort Bragg speech was no more sincere than his phony profession of Christianity.
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Related ~ Country profiles of Iraq and other areas of the world where Christians are suffering ongoing persecution:
 
Aid to the Church in Need
Compass Direct
Open Doors Ranking Iraq as 8th on the World Watch List, up from 17th last year, i.e., worse.