I can't make heads nor tails of it:
Hussein is captured, and the Vatican issues a sympathy statement all and only because a tongue depressor was used on him. Whoever the mouthpiece was said something along the lines of 'I felt so bad, he was treated like a cow.'
Meanwhile and prior to, all manner of photos are out there showing Hussein's handiwork with sawing off limbs a plenty. Vivid, undeniable pictures, and unless I missed it, nary a word does the Vatican see fit to put forth. Something stinks there, it's not debatable. And I do love my Church, warts and all, but this kind of stuff is bordering on calling evil, good. To quote whoever that English poet was, 'the center will not hold.'
And I have to confess to a love of Jewish culture and the Jewish people. They have played nothing but defense, and criticism and scorn always seems to be at the ready for them. The crap put forth by Arafat in an attempt to demonize and ultimately lay the ground work for successful elimiation of the Jews from Israel was current, and contemptible, and cannot be assuaged simply by dint of the fact that he's dead.
God Bless America, the good Clergy therein, and most of all the Soldiers who will make sure that the Vatican is afforded the opportunity to continue to miss the point ad infinitum.
Amen AG.