‘Machiavellian Interests’ prevent end the Islamic State – newspaper Zocalo

.- Vatican City Christians in the Middle East have been abandoned by Western countries, who see only their “Machiavellian interests” and only pretend to want to eliminate the Islamic State (EI), reported a major

In an interview with Notimex, Syrian Catholic leaders. Patriarch of Antioch and bishop of Beirut, Ignatius Joseph III Younan, lamented that Europe has believed the “very great lie” of the “Arab Spring” and supported with arms to opposition militias of his country, which later became the EI.

“For four years we are saying it is a popular revolution, first said it was pacifist and now that is violent because the government would not budge. I could not give in because there were elements of a genuine democratic alternative “she said.

” The Islamic State in Iraq has grown because the militiamen and Syria have a confessional hatred. All are Sunni and believe in jihad, holy war Muslim. There are also mercenaries coming from the Far East, or have brainwashed by God’s cause, “he added.

He said that in reality, terrorists” are like children “and supported some Gulf countries, while Western governments look the other way.

He alleged that a “very great hypocrisy and dishonesty” in the powers of the West, who have sacrificed Christians and other minorities, as Yazidis, to change “their interests and opportunism”.

Also called contradictory to think that the United States and other powers will want to end the Islamic State when he said that they have seen real interest in stopping terrorists.

“Last year, in the month of June (EI militias) were mobilized to conquer Mosul (Iraq) from eastern Syria, from the town Raqqa. About 300 kilometers away to these places and they moved without any problem. Do not you saw this group of military vehicles? “He asked.

” There is an agreement between the Western countries with Israel to create this chaos. Therefore we can say easily: A ‘Israeli Spring’, not spring for those countries who wanted to change their regimes, “he said

He explained that the basic problem in the area is the lack of one. separation of state and religion in Islam, so that “Muslims believe that they should govern and dominate”.

“They say the large Muslim nation is formed only by Sunnis, have this feeling of unity in the Islamic nation, they have the money and can create terrorist groups. These three elements, we and other minorities do not have them, “he explained.

He insisted that if they prevail the same interests, Christians continue to suffer, but if the politicians of the European countries want to be honest, should unite to fight for true democracy and true freedom.

According to the patriarch, the Arabs alone may not be out of the problem and the only alternative solution is a sincere, common and shared effort involving Russia and China, “for the good of the peoples” of the Middle East.

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