Robert George
By David Gibson
(RNS) A coalition of more than 50 religious leaders, led by mostly conservative Catholic, evangelical and Jewish activists, is calling on President Obama to sharply escalate military action against Islamic extremists in Iraq. They say “nothing short of the destruction” of the Islamic State can protect Christians and religious minorities now being subjected to “a campaign of genocide.”
“We represent various religious traditions and shades of belief,” the petition reads. “None of us glorifies war or underestimates the risks entailed by the use of military force.”
But they say the situation is so dire that relief for these religious communities “cannot be achieved apart from the use of military force to degrade and disable” the Islamic State forces.
The petition was organized by Robert P. George, a prominent Catholic conservative and Republican activist, and he was joined by a range of other leaders, many of whom are known for their hawkish views on foreign policy.
Read more at http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/13/us-must-destroy-islamic-state-say-religious-conservatives/
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It is a ‘campaign of genocide’ against Christians in the Middle East. Horrible to see Christian children being slaughtered and women taken as sex slaves…
These barbarians will eventually find their way to the U.S., as they did on 9/11.
We broke Iraq when we invaded, we owe to the Christians’ to do WHATEVER it takes to either protect them, or bring them over here.