Archbishop Amel Nona has seen the evil, and calls it so: Cranmer`

Cranmer is once again in fine form.

In the face of the tragedies that have overtaken the Christians of the Middle East, he is sounding the alarm, and giving a platform to those on the ground who cry at the top of their lungs about what awaits us in the West, unless we pay attention now.

Today's post focuses on the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Amel Nona. Feel free to ignore whatever OS might spout, but please take this man's words to heart:

"Our sufferings are the prelude of all Europeans and Western Christians"
"I lost my diocese to Islamic radicals"
"Your liberal and democratic principles are worth nothing here"
"You are welcoming in your countries an ever growing number of Muslims - you are in danger"
"You think all men are equal, but that is not true: Islam does not say that all men are equal"
"Your values are not their values"
"You will become the victims of the enemy you have welcomed in your home"

For all his failings, G. W. Bush came to understand and publicly assert one fact: If there is to be a battle with militant Islam, best to take the battle to them, and win it over there. Waiting for disaster to strike, here or there, is not a strategy.

Barack Obama, for his part, has spent his life in pursuit of the Next Election. He was so eager to get out of Iraq in time for 2012, never giving a thought to potential consequences. He threw hundreds of thousands of innocents under the bus, leaving them to their fate.

He referred to ISIL as 'the junior varsity'. No mention anywhere of that these days...

'Leading from behind' is just a polite term for 'abdication of responsibility'.