Church Bombings Largely Ignored
How could anyone see the media insanity disguised as “coverage” of Michael Jackson’s life and death (Every. Single. Minute. Of. His. Life.) and wonder how the death of a celebrity, albeit one of the most popular celebrities in recent memory, preempt stories of freedom protests in Iran? More currently, is anyone aware there is a calculated program of eradication of Christians happening in Iraq, even now?
A week or so ago, Rabbi Abraham Copper was telling the world about this possible attempt at genocide in his article in the Huffington Post, “Hear the Evil, See the Evil, Feel No Evil – Where’s the Outrage Over Deadly Church Bombings?”. The Rabbi refers to a series of Christian church bombings, the last of which was a string of six. Total casualties: four dead, twenty-one injured. Keep in mind those are just the statistics for the string of six bombings. The total body count for all the cowardly acts of terrorism is yet unknown. The cumulative effect of all these terrorist actions is the near-eradication of the nearly one million Christians in Iraq. No one is paying attention.
Rabbi Cooper points out the obvious: there is always the quick news blurb whenever a church, mosque or synagogue is bombed, wherever it may be. Yet, no one has found reason to put all the horrific, cowardly acts together and face the problem. Whenever one sect or ethnicity begins to terrorize another, it usually makes the news, and the United States military usually jumps in to do something about it. Why do these poor people not hear the Calvary coming? It is outrageous there are people being actively, purposefully terrorized right in an area where the United States has supposedly restored order and peace, to a large degree. Rabbi Cooper calls to the carpet the government and church leaders who are failing to take an active stand about all the carnage. Where are the cries of indignation from church leaders in the free world, people who should be the foremost nay-sayers Christian persecution? Why are there no crisp, artistic books being written about the situation?
The fact there is still terrorization happening in Iraq is proof there is still a need for some sort of help from the stronger, more organized military forces brought in to get the country in shape in the first place. Wasn’t the point of this ongoing war to make it safe for democracy to flourish in places where democratic avenues were mostly unheard of? Where is the protections of the freedoms, not to mention the lives, of over one million people?
Moral of the story? We love to gawk at tragedy, but do we care enough to actively try to prevent it? Rabbi Cooper’s final words on the matter seemed to put it all in perspective: “…only people can…[defeat evil]”. The events the rabbi refers to are proof in themselves mere humans are not capable of defeating evil. The very people who are the victims of these insidious tragedies clearly believe it is going to take a much Higher Power to defeat the evil that pervades their lives.
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