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Don't forget. It was the Bush administration which was the most ardent in its quest to eliminate Christians in Iraq. Both of the last two popes condemned our invasion and occupation of Iraq as an unjust war under Christian principles. Possessing a Christian Bible is still a capital offense in our close ally Saudi Arabia, and Christian proselytizing is forbidden in our closest ally Israel. Christianity has been an embarrassment to America's foreign policy elites, and presidents of both parties have sought to use American power in order to snuff it out.
Editor's Note: This column was coauthored by Bob Morrison.
Secretary of State John Kerry chose an interesting place to deliver his first foreign policy address. The former Massachusetts senator spoke at the University of Virginia. He was introduced by the university’s president, Teresa Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan noted that the university’s founder, Thomas Jefferson, had served as the first Secretary of State.
Unlike today’s foreign policy elites, Mr. Jefferson thought religious freedom was fundamental to our political liberties. He authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which he introduced into the state’s General Assembly in 1779. It was a world historical...
However, in the case of Obama and Kerry, I strongly suspect that a lot of their political base, if not they themselves, look at the persecution of Christians in China, Egypt, Indonesia, and elsewhere and wistfully wish they themsleves had the gonad to do the same.