Pope Francis: Pope says world's many conflicts amount to piecemeal World War Three

[radhika]

7. So how would a WW-III Armistice look in this asymmetrical world?

Who would sign? Which entities would drop their arms and go home to families? I'm not hopeful....perhaps the Pope has a prayer for this mess.

Some combatants are autonomous armies (ISIS, insurgent groups) with no internationally recognized political standing. Mostly, we don't have a clue who and what their end games might be.

Other combatants seem to be kidnap and extort operations (Somalia) and the folks that 'sold' the beheaded reporters.

Other factions (Kurds, HAMAS) have some political autonomy, but no nation state.

And the big democracies (US, France etc.) have minimal standing in the region and a miserable track record for our meddling.

Regional nation-states (Saudi Arabia, Iraq) - whatever...who knows.