[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".

[mosby]

The suggestion that the Pope played any meaningfull role in the fall of the Soviet empire is truly one of the more absurd concepts posted on a FR thread in the last few weeks. 100% completely irrelevant. The religous entity which might justifiably claim a role is the religous right in America which supported Reagan whole-heartedly and at all times pushed for a hard line against the Soviets. A role which had been remarkably understated by historians.

[Iowegian]

So you give the UN the ultimate legitimatacy to determine what a just war is, as the Pope has? Why is it only the USA must ask the UN of it is OK to go to war. No other country has ever aske the UN to give their OK, and they (the UN) turn a blind eye when they do so. The UN is the same groug that is for universal abortion on demand to contro population. Why does the Pope seek to give them this legitimacy?