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Nice turn of phrase on your part. But what I said is still true. He sided with Saddam. He sides with Castro. He sides with Mahoney, for that matter. He loved Law and Weakland. The people never mattered, not in Iraq, not in California. This is a pope who sides with authority--whether it has the approval of the masses or not. That is the record. Check it out.

Baloney. I must have a sado-masochistic streak to talk with you about this subject -- your hatred of the Pope has been made abundantly clear numerous times -- but he did not SIDE with tyrants. Are you on crack?! Can you honestly believe that the Pope sits there and thinks, "Hey, you know, this Saddam guy, he ain't all that bad -- so what, a few hundred thousand, maybe more than a million, murders...What's the biggie? I think I'll try taking his side and see what happens."

I know you can't be thick-headed enough to realize the complexity of the situation, and that accusing the Pope of "siding" w/ these tyrants would be like trying to paint the Mona Lisa w/ a paint roller.

The Pope does not favor tyrants. He does not favor dictators who oppress and murder his people. He does however, believe in the power of God, Jesus Christ, and that peaceful avenues of resolution had not been exhausted.