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Ugh... it's a little late in the evening, so let me try again. I'm not disputing whether or not the war was just. Rather, I was simply noting how ultima ratio initiates a diatribe against the Holy Father for opposing the war, when the Holy Father's opposition was quite mild when compared to that of Bishop Williamson and Fr. Peter Scott. Yet ultima ratio appears to minimize the opposition of these two individuals. I had to post Fr. Scott's comments to get a response from ultima, and even then he doesn't mention Scott or the SSPX by name, he maintains in passing this was merely their political opinion, and he aims his barbs at the Holy Father more than once in his response to Fr. Scott's comments. In short, there is a double standard in place. Attack the Holy Father, but go into defensive mode when it concerns the SSPX holding an even stronger position on the same issue. Why is that?

Oh, yeah, "quite mild." Like inviting Saddam's henchman into the Vatican to schmooze, thus undermining Bush's efforts to get Saddam to quit peacefully, or attacking the U.S in Vatican journals, claiming we covet Iraqi oil. "Quite mild", my foot.

But in any case, my opposition to the Pope was not based on his policies towards Iraq--which is why I couldn't care less what the SSPX or the Remnant or anybody else has to say about the issue. My opposition to the New Church is based on faith issues, not Iraq policy.