With the Obama Administration scrapping alliances--some decades old--with the UK, Israel, Germany, Canada, and Honduras it comes as no surprise that Iraq is next on the list of crossed-off countries. Vice President Biden has taken the opportunity of his arrival to greet the troops, but not just to see how they are doing. A passing comment made to Prime Minister Maliki reported by Bloomberg is laying subtle structure for the Obama Administration to pull out of Iraq. The situation in Iraq is a key issue from the campaign and one that Obama has not indicated (to the consternation of his supporters) that he will fulfill. Afterall, in his mind he doesn't want failure in a war hated by liberals to be a mark on his presidency like the Johnson-bungled Vietnam War was on Nixon's.
But there is more at stake in Iraq than just the political and sectarian stability of that country. There is a growing Christian community there; although God's work can bear fruit under any circumstance a democratic Iraq will certainly make that work in Iraq go much smoother.
The same can be said in Honduras where there is a lot of ongoing Christian work including from my own church organisation. But the Obama Administration's decision to withold military support from Honduras because he supports the outed and former Honduran President, Manuel Zalaya does not bode well for the Christian missions there. Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, a fierce opponent of the democratic Honduran gov't, and a manipulator of God's Word, is considering military involvement of his country to restore Zalaya to power. Without U.S. military backing, which has been part of U.S. policy since the 80s, Honduras stands little chance against Chavez's military strength.
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