[mosby]

MY position's lame??!! The USSR fell because Ronald Reagan built up American military strength to the point where the USSR knew it couldn't compete and capitulated. Are you seriosly suggesting that mindless inanities uttered by the Pope had anything whatsover to do with the fall of the USSR?

[Notwithstanding]

Your position is lame.

The pope cautioned against war back then, and was right.
Its Reagan's folks who point to the crucial role the pope played in the liberation of the soviet "empire".