Gingrich: Obama's 'Grotesque Failure' in Mideast Propels 'Anti-Christian Spring': “This is why the current strategy in the Middle East is such a total grotesque failure,” the National Journal quotes Gingrich as telling a crowd of about 200. “People say, ‘Oh, isn’t this great, we’re having an Arab Spring.’ Well, I don’t know, I think we may in fact be having an anti-Christian spring. I think people should take this pretty soberly.”
Gingrich was referring to the wave of uprisings that have upset longtime autocratic regimes in the Middle East.
Ironically, the plight of Christians in the Middle East is likely to worsen as the Arab Spring removes dictators who shielded Christian communities. The parties that are gaining power in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, and other countries tend to be offshoots of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood.
As president, Gingrich said, “I would actively try to defend religious liberty across the planet, including in Egypt and Iraq.”
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