Are Syrian Christians supporting Assad?

As often in the Levant, politics can tend to become a question of sectarian loyalties. But take a look at this Biblical exegesis of sorts on why Christians would be standing on the a long way from the moral highground if they supported this regime:

"Those among Syria's Christian clerics and civic leaders who publicly support the Asad regime are short sighted."

"At the Dormition of Our Lady Greek Catholic cathedral in Old Damascus, Father Elias Debii raises his hands to heaven and prays for divine protection for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Bishop Philoxenos Mattias, a spokesman for the Syriac Orthodox Church said: “We are with the government and against these movements that oppose it”."

"It happens in Beirut. In Dubai. In Cairo. In Abu Dhabi. In Damascus. In Alexandria. It’s planned for Doha. For Ramallah.


And now it’s going to be in Amman. Knafeh and all."
(Find out what 'it' is -- unless the Knafeh was already incentive enough- and mark this date: June 11.)

"According to Sabq, a local news organization, Manal Al Sherif has been sentenced to five days in prison. She has been charged with bypassing rules and regulations, driving a car within the city, enabling a journalist to interview her while driving a car, deliberately disseminating the incident to the media, incitement of Saudi women to drive cars, and turning public opinion against the regulations. "

That's one long-winded charge!

Obama's scrutinized speech does not seem to have won him friends from either court. Then again with so many courts to please what's a can-do President gonna 'do'. Surely he saw this coming.

"Perhaps one way to view Obama’s speech is saying you can please all the people some of the time, some of them all the time, but not all of them all the time. "