Comments on: Thanks And Praise

By: sisu

sisu — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:35:37 +0000

One picture is worth a thousand blogposts…

While the MSM slept, Michael Yon — the self-employed, reader-empowered embedded journalist blogger reporting from the front — captured the spirit of the age in one amateur photograph that has touched the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens in…

By: Bill Franklin

Bill Franklin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:28:34 +0000

What a wonderful thing to see a Christian church open its doors. Just so we’re clear though – was this church closed under Saddam’s rule?

There were 60 active Christian parishes across Iraq before we went in and “liberated” the people. Those 60 parishes rapidly dwindled down to SIX the last time I checked. So, while this church reopening is indeed a wonderful thing, I think Yon is being a little disengenous by saying “for the first time in memory freedom rang.” First time since the invasion?

I wouldn’t pat yourself too much on the back, given how our invasion decimated the Christian religion in Iraq.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:44:27 +0000

When people ask me if I think Iraq was worth it. I tell them not to ask me, I tell them to ask an Iraqi.

By: Chuck Adkins » A Sign of Hope in Iraq.

Chuck Adkins » A Sign of Hope in Iraq. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:36:35 +0000

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By: Steev

Steev — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:35:16 +0000

Send it to Drudge. That will get mainstream media’s attn.

By: The Anchoress » Blog Archive » Muslims & Christians raise a cross in Baghdad

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:01:22 +0000

[...] writing: Iraqpundit has an O/T but related post at his place. Blue Crab Boulevard has a great round-up. Rick at Brutally Honest says pass this around and help disseminate it, even to your local press. [...]