Why evangelicals oppose Trump over SyriaWhy evangelicals oppose Trump over SyriaWhy evangelicals oppose Trump over Syria by jerryadler & CEDickson
The televangelist Pat Robertson stood by Donald Trump during the storm over the “Access Hollywood” tape of the Republican candidate boasting about assaulting women, dismissing the remarks as “macho talk.” As recently as last month, he defended Trump’s attempt to get Ukraine to discredit Joe Biden, calling the idea of impeachment “absurd.
“People are frightened and many have already fled the area,” he said, citing reports that estimate over 60,000 people have fled their homes in northern Syria since Wednesday. At first glance, Christian evangelicals wouldn’t seem to have a direct stake in the issue. The Kurds, an ethnic group in a region that encompasses parts of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, are primarily Muslim.
President @RT_Erdogan of Turkey has very strongly informed me that he will eradicate whatever is left of ISIS in Syria....and he is a man who can do it plus, Turkey is right “next door.” Our troops are coming home!But memories are long in that part of the world, and Christians haven’t forgotten the genocide Turkey perpetrated against Armenian and other Christian minorities a century ago, a crime which Turkey has never acknowledged.
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