...history is happening right in front of their spoiled, pampered faces, if only they dared to look. The problem, you see, is that they don't want to see any good news, because that would conflict with their vision of George "Chimpy McHitler Satan" Bush and his "lies" about WMD. What I don't get is why the media still wants us to lose the war in Iraq. Between the incompetence of the GOP (out of control spending, ethics scandals, etc.), the Dem-Cong already took over both house of Congress. Actually, I think it is much more base than that. The MSM and the Dem-Cong gleefully reported when things were going badly in Iraq, and more or less sided with the terrorists as being co-partners invested in the failure of America's efforts in Iraq. Now that things are starting to look better, you'd think every major media network suffered a simultaneous power outage. Perhaps one of the most pernicious lies of the MSM is that the Iraqis are not fit for freedom, and that they can't overcome religious divisions to live together. All I can say is to look at the pictures of Muslims appearing on camera and pleading for their Christian Iraqi brethren who fled the country to avoid Saddam Hussein's butchery to come back home. Other than the United States, it is very rare to see members of two religions who are not exactly in harmony in terms of their beliefs even attempting to co-exist in peace...and that goes double for the rarity of Muslims reaching out in peace to anyone. Good news like this doesn't mean the problems between Christianity and Islam and between "moderate" Islam and "head-chopper" Islam will be resolved tomorrow, but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
"LTC Stephen Michael at St. John’s. LTC Michael told me today that when al Qaeda came to Dora, they began harassing Christians first, charging them “rent.” It was the local Muslims, according to LTC Michael, who first came to him for help to protect the Christians in his area. That’s right. LTC Michael told me more than once that the Muslims reached out to him to protect the Christians from al Qaeda. Real Muslims here are quick to say that al Qaeda members are not true Muslims. From charging “rent,” al Qaeda’s harassment escalated to killing Christians, and also Muslims. Untold thousands of Christians and Muslims fled Baghdad in the wake of the darkness of civil war. Most of the Christians are gone now; having fled to Syria, Jordan or northern Iraq.
Today, Muslims mostly filled the front pews of St. John’s. Muslims who want their Christian friends and neighbors to come home. The Christians who might see these photos likely will recognize their friends here. The Muslims in this neighborhood worry that other people will take the homes of their Christian neighbors, and that the Christians will never come back. And so they came to St. John’s today in force, and they showed their faces, and they said, “Come back to Iraq. Come home.” They wanted the cameras to catch it. They wanted to spread the word: Come home. Muslims keep telling me to get it on the news. “Tell the Christians to come home to their country Iraq."...
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen any fighting. I can’t remember my last shootout: it’s been months. The nightmare is ending. Al Qaeda is being crushed. The Sunni tribes are awakening all across Iraq and forswearing violence for negotiation. Many of the Shia are ready to stop the fighting that undermines their ability to forge and manage a new government. This is a complex and still delicate denouement, and the war may not be over yet. But the Muslims are saying it’s time to come home. And the Christians are saying it’s time to come home. They are weary, and there is much work to be done."
