To: Theosis
I know of the SSPX stand. In these non-faith matters, nationality counts. The French are the French are the French. And the Pope, being European, sided with the French. The Pope was wrong. So were the French. Bush did the right thing--he deposed an evil man who went on a thirty-year-long killing spree. Bush had the authority, the capability--and the moral right. And he did waged his war with a relatively minimal loss of civilian life. None of the exaggerated consequences the Pope had feared ever transpired. So he was wrong--very wrong--as usual. He is also wrong about the UN, but that's another issue.
To: ultima ratio
In these non-faith matters, nationality counts. The French are the French are the French. And the Pope, being European, sided with the French. The Pope was wrong. So were the French. Bush did the right thing--he deposed an evil man who went on a thirty-year-long killing spree. Bush had the authority, the capability--and the moral right. And he did waged his war with a relatively minimal loss of civilian life. None of the exaggerated consequences the Pope had feared ever transpired. So he was wrong--very wrong--as usual.Since we agree so rarely, I didn't want the opportunity where we do agree to pass.
The Pope was also wrong about Gulf War I, in which an even broader coalition sought to free a sovereign nation from Saddam Hussein's domination.
I don't recall if the Pope opposed Clinton's actions in Kosovo. My guess is he did, and, if he did, he was wrong here as well.
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06/08/2003 7:42:38 PM PDT by
sinkspur
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