Thank you for proving my point.
I have consistently supported Israel on this forum. Yet, because I object to a particularly nasty Catholic-bashing thread, I am now the enemy.
That's the one thing that really bothers me about FR.
The problem is that you are trying to defend and indefensible position by laying blame to those of us showing the hypocrisy and arrogance of the Vatican in issuing a statement based not on fact, but obvious dislike for Israel.
You're far from being 'the enemy'.
And neither are the defenders of Israel here.
In this case, the 'enemy' is ignorance, bigotry, but more importantly death, injury, sickness, disease and starvation by real people who have survived in the IO region.
Take care.
Criticism of certain idiotic leaders in the Catholic church, especially those who have led their flock astray, is not criticism of Catholicism or faithful Catholics. Yes, I can see where some Catholics would be sensitive to any criticism directed their way, but reflexive defensiveness hurts your cause. Reminds people of the way some Blacks (or their so-called leaders) reflexively defended an obviously-guilty OJ, trying to turn criticism of him into criticism of them.