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[Pyro7480]

Waiting for the first "anti-Semite" or "terrorist lover" accusation to come up, unfortunately...

[denydenydeny]

What is astounding is that so few “conservative” American Catholics realize that the ethnic cleansing of Christians from the Middle East is not, in the long run, in the national interest of either the United States or Israel.

What is astounding is that so many people in the West, Catholics or otherwise, don't understand that the ethnic cleansing of Christians from the world--which is what we are ultimately fighting against in Iraq--is not, in the long run, in the national interest of either the United States or Israel.

[Thorin]

Thanks for posting this excellent piece. Too often, American Catholics are either ignorant about our brothers and sisters in the Middle East or are indifferent or hostile to them.

[churchillbuff]

Stop talking facts. Arabs are Muslims. Arab Christians don't exist. All Arabs are dogs, and when they's shot down, tears must not be shed. What Gen. Sheridan said about American Indians - the only good one is a dead one - is true of Arabs, so let the villages be bombed, let private property be destroyed, let children die. They're Arabs, they deserve it. And don't start on "Arab Americans" in Detroit. They can't be Americans, they're Arabs. Oh, and it's also hateful to talk about Jews the way I'm talking about Arabs. That's anti-Semitic. But it's fine to be anti-Arab.

The foregoing is my distilling of what I read from more than a few hate-Arab-spewing freepers. Some of them even call themselves "Christians". What a laugh. They don't seem to want to help Arab Christians, or convert Muslim Christians. They seem to want them all dead. At least that's my impression from reading posts around here for years.

[Restorer]

Okay, I read it again.

I still see no explanation of just how the ethnic cleansing of Christians from the Middle East, which it is undeniable is happening, is caused by American or Israeli policies.

Other than Israel having the gall to exist at all.

[Publius6961]

Brevity and clarity is not this guy's strong suit, is it.

I still have no clue who the "forgotten victims" are...

[Cyber Liberty]

How times have changed. Today, the war in Iraq is far less justified, morally or strategically, than the Gulf War was...

That's when my BS meter pegged and I quit reading.

[SJackson]

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[Dumb_Ox]

I was a subscriber to the American edition of the Italian Catholic magazine 30 Days, and we were all shocked when the American publisher (Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.) decided to quit publishing the American edition when the Italians ran a cover story on Pope John Paul II’s opposition to the war.

This is a jaw-dropping allegation, here. Mr. Richert added some more information in a comment on my weblog:

As for the 30 Days/Catholic World News question, the issue that Fessio chose not to publish was, I believe, March 2001. (I have all the copies here somewhere, but I haven't looked at them in years.) It featured a cover photo of John Paul II begging for peace and a cover story on his opposition to the war. Father Fessio did deny that this was the only reason he decided to quit publishing the American edition of 30 Days, thus confirming that it was a reason. (Among other reasons he cited was a concern that 30 Days spent too much time talking about Masons, which he regarded as irrelevant to Americans.)

[SaintDismas]

I just don't get it, any of it. Wars should always be opposed and prayed over constantly. But whether or not anyone has an opinion this way or that over it, matters not. That's right, my opinion doesn't matter one whit and neither does anybody else's here. I have no power to do anything but to pray, and neither do any of you. And pray for what? That somehow insane people who blow up their kids, your kids, my kids will suddenly be healed of their hate and we'll all join together and hold hands and sing?

Nope, I just don't get what exactly is a "just war" theory, never will. I am numb to my bones with all the carnage and moral rot displayed on t.v all day long and wonder, so when, are you ever suppose to fight?

People are angry because they feel helpless against the evil they see. The more they give into their anger, they end up say hateful things. But I doubt any hate spewing freeper here would blow up your kids or any arabs, or anybody anywhere