[highlander_UW]

"I feel pity to see this man destroyed, being treated like a cow as they checked his teeth," Martino said.

Would he rather the US let Saddam suffer with bad cavities? I don't recall reading that he had any Crest in the spider hole.

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[ccmay]

clash of civilizations that (he) considers ominous for the fate of humanity

He need not worrry about humanity. As a whole, humanity will do fine in any such clash of civilizations.

Islam, on the other hand, will suffer terribly.

-ccm

[ClintonBeGone]

No news here. They're all like that when it comes to the enemies of America.

[camle]

he wants to be the next pope and is showing how progressive he is.

[FR_addict]

Take the comments of Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, made one day before the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks: "Many of the so-called values of present Western civilization are anything but values; the destruction of the family, the exaltation of homosexuality, the spread of pornography, growing immorality, abortion, gratuitous violence, the exclusion of God in the edification of society stir contempt and hatred for decadent Western society in other civilizations."

Why if the Church fills that Western society is full of corrupt values do they continue to support American politicians that believe in abortion and immorality, like the Kennedeys. Ted Kennedy should be excommunicated Church until he renounces abortions, if the Church wants to make a point about Western values. Mother Theresa sure let the Western leaders know her viewpoints of abortion. She didn't hesitate to tell the Clintons off.

[Petronski]

Why would a Roman Catholic cardinal who leads a papal commission express public sympathy for a murderous, sadistic tyrant?

Because he's a dumbass.

[reed_inthe_wind]

"Vatican's position of appeasing Arab dictators"

Make up your mind folks. Do you want crusades under the banner of the Vatican, a medieval theocracy that influences divisions of military; well then put the Reformation back in the bottle.

Besides, Muslim diminitude destroyed the lambs of the Catholic church through the centuries - talk about hating the victim.

"Given Rome's internal rivalries, however, it remains an open question whether a pope and his Vatican that behaved like Winston Churchill in the face of communism will continue to behave like Neville Chamberlain in the face of jihadism and Islam."

More bullshit. Winston Churchill was a military man from day one. The only weapon the Vatican has is to choose martyrdom.

[JohnGalt]

The author seems quite ignorant of Augustinian Just War theory. Indeed, he did not even mention it in this article.