Maybe the pope remembers that CONTAINMENT destroyed the Soviets. We didn't invade them - - the way freepers want Iraq invaded - - but we defeated them through military pressure. Was Reagan a "surrender monkey appeaser" because he didn't invade the Soviet Union? The pope may see more clearly than folks here that disarming Iraq through military pressure should be tried before invading a country that hasn't attacked us.
ALSO, REMEMBER THAT THE POPE WAS SHOT BY A MIDDLE-EASTERN TERRORIST BEFORE YOU START SAYING HE'S AN APPEASER OR KNOWS NOTHING OF TERRORISM OUT OF THAT REGION!!!!!!!!!
Reagand did invade Grenada. Reagan didn't want to set off a world war by invading Russia.
The time to drive Hussein from office is now, before he gets nuclear weapons.
The pope may see more clearly than folks here that disarming Iraq through military pressure should be tried before invading a country that hasn't attacked us.
Hussein will never fully disarm. He must be driven from power. The Pope is giving Bush cover to do what he has to do.
The last thing the Pope wants is to back the West, thus giving credence to binLaden's "crusade" of Islam against Christianity.
The Pope doesn't want war, but he knows full well that he is powerless to stop it.