One of the few drawbacks of the Orthodox church is the tendency to Caesaropapism - the tying of the church to the nation too tightly. It has its advantages as well, but sometimes can be a crutch.
3 posted on 09/10/2018 2:09:41 AM PDT by Cronos
(Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)