[sinkspur]

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.

[Theosis]

The point is, ultima is minimalizing vis-a-vis the SSPX what he attacks the Holy Father over.

[Ippolita]

The Pope did not oppose war in Kosovo; he did not because his interest in geopolitics is very personal: he recognized (catholic) Croatia over-night , plunging (orthodox) Yugoslavia into civil war; and then went on to do all that he could to get rid of the Serbs by defending the Albanian muslim minority. A most unfortuanate example of how His Holiness plays both sides of the fence according to his interests.