If he really wanted that, he would be urging the nations that have refused to go to Iraq to join with the US in assisting Iraq to get stabilized.
No, he wants the US out of Iraq, so the newspapers will leave Iraq and then we won't hear about all the atrocities anymore and people will stop asking HIM questions about the place. You don't see him crying for peace in Iran do you?
Oh please. He is the Pope, not a secular leader who hangs out at the UN and can “call for” armies. He’s talking about Christians, and actually did not object to our presence but personally asked Bush last year to do more to protect Christians.
This is something Bush has been notoriously reluctant to do. The problem is with the US government, and not with the Pope. Why aren’t we out there protecting Christians in Iraq? The Pope doesn’t have an army and can’t do it, and I think his request for us to do it was quite reasonable.