Editorial: The Fate of Iraqi Christians
Chuck Colson
BreakPoint
August 23, 2005

As if sectarian divisions and murderous insurgency weren't enough, the drafters of Iraq's new constitution have a new foe to worry about: Mother Nature. A recent meeting of the various factions drafting the document had to be postponed because of a blinding sandstorm. But that's neither the only nor the most damaging storm likely to be associated with this constitution.

In fact, the more you know about the Iraqi constitutional process, the clearer three things become. First, Baghdad isn't Philadelphia. Second, none of the people involved will ever be mistaken for James Madison. And third, the document that will emerge from these negotiations will bear little resemblance to the U.S. Constitution.

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