[Bluntpoint]

When Koffi says the same thing he is a socialist.

When the Pope says it, he is misqouted, misinterpreted, miss-firing on one or more of his cylinders.

Too his true-believers, the Pope speaks and they all hear just what they want to hear.

[BlackElk]

Foreign policy is not dogma.

That having been said and disagreeing with His Holiness on foreign policy in this instance, as do most American Catholics and most Americans, I would point out that you are a rather consistent Catholic-basher on this and other threads. Was your mother scared by a priest when she was carrying you or are you just another self-worshiping refugee from the Truth?

In the unlikely event that you are actually conservative and not just playing one on the Internet, do you really think that Catholic-bashing is a winning strategy in a nation 28% Catholic?