I don't think that's a fair assessment, Doug. I don't think I've seen a single suggestion that any Mudcatter would want to see Saddam back in power. We just wish he had been removed in a peaceful way. Now that the deed is done, I don't think anybody has come up with a workable way to get us out of the mess we made for ourselves.

The Christians on Iraq are having a tough time of it, and it's not like they're outsiders horning in on Muslim territory. The Chaldean Church is an ancient Christian rite, centered in Iraq since the first century. There's an interesting piece on the Chaldean Church here (click). The Chaldeans have their own patriarch, but are in communion with the Roman Catholics. Only three percent of Iraquis are Christian, but ten percent of the population of Baghdad is Christian.

-Joe Offer-