We are declaring Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Victory in Iraq day.  By every measure, the United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all enemies in Iraq, pacified the country, deposed the previous regime, successfully helped to establish a new functioning democratic government, and suppressed any lingering insurgencies.  The war has come to an end…..and we won.

Not only that, our soldiers are helping to convert Iraqis to Christianity. Spreading the word of God to our fellow brothers and sisters in the country.  Our troops not only risk their lives to protect us and our liberties, but they also do God’s work by spreading the word of the gospel.  See the quote below:

“In a newsletter published in 2004 by the fundamentalist group International Ministerial Fellowship (IMF), Capt. Steve Mickel, an Army chaplain, claimed that Iraqis were eager to be converted to Christianity and that he personally tried to convert dozens of Iraqis, which is also an apparent constitutional violation.

“I am able to give them tracts on how to be saved, printed in Arabic,” Mickel said, according to a copy of the IMF newsletter. “I wish I had enough Arabic Bibles to give them as well. The issue of mailing Arabic Bibles into Iraq from the U.S. is difficult (given the current postal regulations prohibiting all religious materials contrary to Islam except for personal use of the soldiers). But the hunger for the Word of God in Iraq is very great, as I have witnessed firsthand.”

Mickel evangelized Iraqis

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