I'm no Sodano fan. On Iraq:
"Is irritating a billion Muslims worth it? This is the question I put to some of my American friends: is it advisable? Won’t you have the hostility of that whole population for decades?”
"The child has been born, It may be illegitimate, but it's here, and it must be reared and educated."
He also criticizes Israel for their mistreatment of Arafat.