Has Trump’s air-strike on Syria further betrayed Syrian Christians?
from Global Christian News:
At the end of January President Trump introduced his Executive Order that was widely dubbed a “Muslim ban” although it did not mention Islam, Muslims or indeed any religion. Instead, it suspended immigration from a list of seven countries of concern including Iraq and Syria and sought to re-orientate US refugee policy to focus on persecuted religious minorities – without again mentioning any particular religion.
When asked on a Christian TV network if he would tackle the under representation of Christians fleeing countries where they were persecuted, Trump replied:
“Yes, they have been horribly treated. Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very, very tough to get into the United States. If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian it was almost impossible.”
Yet, after his original Executive Order was blocked by the courts and greeted by a media storm, his new Order on 6 March removed all references to prioritising victims of religious persecution. And there remained a block on all immigration from Syria.
In the light of this, the US air strike on the Assad regime has two negative effects. First it empowers the very jihadists who have been targetting Christians. Apart from the Kurds in the North these are the only serious contenders to replace the Syrian regime.
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