The Plight of Iraq's Christians

I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other about whether we did the right thing by going to war in Iraq in order to depose Saddam Hussein. I tend to think that it was the right choice, given what we knew at the time -- or at least I can sympathize with the reasoning behind the decision. However, the decision to go to war is not one that can or should be taken lightly, and ultimately I don't think that I have enough information to have made that call. But this story about the grave difficulties facing Christians in Iraq gives me great cause for concern over how things are going in Iraq currently.

It doesn't surprise me that Christians are being persecuted in a predominantly Muslim country -- such persecutions unfortunately seem to be quite common in predominantly Muslim countries. However, it seems that the U.S. could and should be doing more about this problem, considering the role we are taking in rebuilding Iraq as a supposedly democratic and free nation. I certainly hope that we are in fact doing more than the article implies.

Also, it seems a bit strange to me that both the mainstream (i.e., liberal-leaning) media and the conservative media have been largely silent on this issue -- perhaps because the former tends to be less than sympathetic toward Christians, and because the latter may be hesitant to report anything that makes our war (or post-war) effort look bad. (But this is just my own speculation.)