Sir/mam
A beatification happens only when the Pontiff is absolutely sure that the person is in heaven. The reason that this step is in place is to initiate the public cult to the person, since we have a law that requires a second miracle.
This gets a little tricky, because even though we have the law, the popes are not bound by Church laws. They make the laws. They are the Law-Givers. So the law is almost Perfunctary. Most of us often wonder why they even bother making laws for popes, when everyone knows that the pope can change them or dispense with them. I believe that they exist more for the sake of information, as a way of telling the rest of us how the pope will proceed in certain situations. But they are not guarrantees that he will do so.
Therefore, there is no guarrantee and nothing to bind a pope to stretch out the study for the canonization of a person.
In this case, there is a miracle. This creates an imperative on the pope. If he (the pope) accepts that this is truly a miracle and he accepts that the miracle was through the intercession of John Paul II, he has a moral duty, not a legal one, to acknowledge it. That’s what’s happening here. There is a miracle and Pope Benedict cannot hide it. It would be unjust to do so. If he proclaims the miracle, then he is de facto beatifying. He is admitting that God has shown his glory through the prayers of John Paul.
The only way to do what you’re saying would be to pretend that the miracle never happened. That would be a lie. You can’t do that.
Hey, I’m not denying or saying JPII was/wasn’t a saint, all I’m saying is that it’s a bit fast.