[habaes corpussel]

The Pope is a wonderful man and he is doing what he believes is right. What did most of you think he would say? Bomb them and let God sort them out?

[smokeyjon]

"The Pope is a wonderful man and he is doing what he believes is right. What did most of you think he would say? Bomb them and let God sort them out?"

I spent 12 years getting a Catholic education...with everything that I've read and seen concerning Iraq, I completely believe that it meets the qualifications of a Christian "just war". Apparently at some point the Pope has decided that determination of a "just war" was completely subjective.

[mr.pink]

What did most of you think he would say? Bomb them and let God sort them out?

LOL...the Pope should leave the "Bomb them and let God sort them out" to true Christians leaders...like Robertson, Falwell, and Bauer.

[Robe]

What he could say is "Islam is not a religion, it is a ideology based on world domination masquerading as a religion. No other religion requires total submission or death. Islam does.!
ISLAM IS TERRORISM BY IT"S VERY NATURE and is a direct threat to the Church and all Christians on the face of the planet"

...But that would be taking sides and standing up for your religion like the Bible says !
ROBE (Former Alterboy)

[ExpandNATO]

Actually, I would expect this pope to trace the intellectual history of the Baath Socialist Party, realize it is the child of both Nazism and Communism and then preach a crusade against Saddam Hussein and Baath Socialism.

[asformeandformyhouse]

What did most of you think he would say?

Oh I don't know, maybe 'Nothing'!.

Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[caisson71]

That would be an enlightened statement considering what's been coming out of the Vatican lately.

[goodseedhomeschool]

Well considering the fact that the catholic church had no problem fighting the muzslimes during the crusades, one would think the pope could see that fighting is the only way we can deal with the same killers as before. I would think he would not only support AMerica, but offer his help too. When one realizes that the world and it's safety are at stake here. I agree that praying is good of course, but for every thing there is a season, and it is not the season for allowing muzslimes to keep on killing innocents.

[FredZarguna]

The pope is a wonderful man....

1) OK. This has nothing to do with whether he's right or not.
2) I question how much he really knows about what's going on in the world at this point in his life. And I question how many of these statements are actually made by the pope, and how many statements are made by his "Sec'y of State" and those controlling him.

...and he is doing what he believes is right.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, even for popes. His beliefs--unclouded by any rational thought--should be of no interest to anyone, not even members of the Church of Rome. He's not speaking Ex Cathedra, after all.

What did most of you think he would say? Bomb them and let God sort them out?

The implication in your post is despicable. And, it is wrong: American politicians, war planners, and soldiers are going to sacrifice a considerable amount of treasure and a significant number of American lives in order to guarantee that we not God separate the bad people in Iraq from the good ones.

In contradistinction to this oh-so-moral leader, Americans are willing to put their lives on the line in order to rid the world of this evil, and to liberate people denied the rights granted them implicit in their humanity as a gift from God.

Luckily, Americans are neither as cloudy about their moral obligations, nor as impotent in their exercise as the people writing speeches for the pope.