My Turn ( A Christian View Point on Everyday Issues and News)

One year later.

Yesterday marked the first year anniversary of the war of Iraq. As to be expected, while the administration and those who support the war hail the invasion, those who opposed the war are marching in protest.

As someone who recently became a US citizen, I cannot tell you how much I love this country. This is indeed “the greatest nation on God’s green earth” quoting Michael Medved. Those who have never lived under a dictator cannot begin to imagine what life is like under one. They may read about it, they may try to imagine what it is like, but they will never know because it just beyond any American’s imagination.

I moved from one of the African countries to the US legally in 1996 from a country that not only was ruled by one military dictator after another, but where the Christians about 60% of the population were constantly been harassed, intimidated and massacred by the majority of the Muslim population. In my country, the northern part was predominantly Muslim, while the south was predominantly Christian. Just like the terrorist, the Muslims in the north hated the Christians with a passion and as such, anti Semitism against Christian was the order of the day.

Having experienced life under not only a dictator, but also what it is like to live in terror, I was a full supporter of the US led invasion on Iraq. I supported the war then and I still do because, I know first hand what the Iraqis were going through under Sadam. When the liberal left made all their long speeches about why we should not invade Iraq, it just made my blood boil, because I know that thousand of Iraqis would have been praying for someone to come and set them free.

When I hear some so called “experts” talking about all the diplomatic ways this should have been handled, it is a surprise to those of us who have lived under a dictatorship government how these “experts” can be so naïve.

I knew from the beginning that the majority of the Iraqis would be very grateful to the Americans and would like them to stay until the job is finished even before I read the polls. This article in the opinion journal tells it all.

I pray daily for the families of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom the Iraqis now enjoy today. They have not only set the Iraqis free, but they have also brought change to the whole region. The only way to make sure that freedom triumphs in Iraq as well as in the region, and also to ensure that those who have died did not die in vain is not to pull out as some have suggested or try to appease the terrorist as the new leader of Spain just did, but rather to stay the course and make sure the job is well done. As my mom always says "what is worth doing at all, is worth doing well".

May all those who love and support freedom live long and may God continue to Bless America.

posted by elizabeth @ 8:17 PM