No one has defeating ISIS as their real priority
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:date: 2016-02-17T06:59:43
:category: faith
:tags: blogcomment, ecumenism, ISIS, politics

I had wished for long to say somewhere publicly the following,
and finally yesterday I had an opportunity which forced me to say
it on the comment_ on the First Things analysis_ of the Havana
Declaration of pope Francis I. and the Moscow patriarch Kirill:

.. _comment:
    https://disqus.com/home/discussion/firstthingsmag/the_havana_declaration_cyril_hovorun_first_things/#comment-2518285091

.. _analysis:
    https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/02/the-havana-declaration

You must be new here (i.e., in this world).

    My understanding was that he felt motivated to do *anything*
    he could to avoid seeing the Antiochian Church go through
    what his Church went through in the 20th century.

That's a joke, right? Of course, if he really cared about
Christians in Syria/Iraq he could immediately help them a lot by
not propping up his puppet Assad and join finally the common
coalition against ISIS and not bombing anti-ISIS forces.

That's the problem with fight against ISIS, that nobody really
cares about them. Yes, Russia would like ISIS to go, but more
they care about propping up Assad. Turkey would love ISIS to go,
but more they care about killing Kurds. Iraq government would
ISIS to go but more they care about killing Iraqi Sunnis. EU
would love to get rid of ISIS, but more they care about stopping
influx of refugees. US would not object if ISIS go away, but more
they care about their own elections and not getting involved in
another war in the Milddle East. And so on. There is still nobody
who would put destruction of ISIS on the first position. And so
they are still there.