syrian christians aren't anything like european christians. yes, the pope of their orthodox church is the pope in rome, but their understanding of jesus involves the nightmare of joseph trying to raise a not-neccessarily-angelic child that has supernatural powers over life and death. it's a huge horror story. and a near-majority of the regular syrian army has traditionally been christian. you wouldn't want to squabble with a syrian soldier at a checkpoint because he'd just as soon shoot you as deal with your shit. trying to invoke emotional umbrage over imaginary differences in religious faith going on in this foreign bizzaro culture is kinda stupid. their problems are only my problems to the extent that my country has been hijacked into causing them.
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