One thing is abundantly clear, Issa has no idea what’s happening on the ground in Syria (he could start by reading this). If he did then he would know the rebels are slaughtering Christians and it’s only getting worse as they are seen not only as infidels but as regime collaborators.

WASHINGTON — A senior US congressman says Christianity’s roots in the Middle East would justify a decision by President Barack Obama to intervene in Syria’s bloody civil war.

The Obama administration says it is seeking definitive evidence whether Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad ordered several alleged recent uses of chemical weapons by his forces. Even before a probe of a recent US intelligence assessment about those alleged incidents, lawmakers from both parties wanted Obama to use the US military to stop the fighting.

And one, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told reporters last Friday part of the reason he favors a US mission there is to preserve the region that was home to Christianity’s genesis.

“There’s a huge US interest in the region. Our commitment to the Levante is long-standing, partially because of our relationship with Israel and with Lebanon,” Issa told a handful of reporters after leaving a classified briefing on the Syria intel assessment and possible US options.

“Partially, if you will, because of this being an area of the Holy Land,” Issa added. “The oldest churches. So much of Christianity is there.”