[Mission2mars]

It's an iteresting idea, but doesn't really explain the Catholic Church's strong objection.

[Diplomat]

The Catholic church are complete pacifists. Have they ever favored any war? And its not like they are not on the front lines either, they're the largest Christian denomination in Africa.

[DB]

The "church" would rather talk to evil and make compromises than hit it head on and take it out.

[tm22721]

doesn't really explain the Catholic Church's strong objection.

The Catholic Church is 'old Europe' and is dying in the US.

Millions of boomers were indoctrinated with Catholic propaganada in their youth. They now reject that hierarchy.

BUMP

[UncleSamUSA]

Excellent analysis by Prager. His focus in the short piece was on the opposition of Europe as a geo-political entity to the US, not on the Catholic Church as a religious entity to the idea of war. That is an entirely separate issue which is not addressed here.

But his analysis is very interesting. It appears that major anti-American feeling in the recent demonstrations in Europe (though not all) came from labor unions, the communist and left wing parties, and those socialists who fear America's huge economic and military power more than they fear Islamic terrorism. To them, Islam is just a bunch of terrorists, but America is the land of the Big Mac. And they fear the Big Mac more than they do suicide bombers. What a bunch.