[Cicero]

You heard the Pope say it, or you heard Fox say he said it?

There seems to be a lot of confusion and liberal spinning about what the Pope has said and not said.

I have not seen any statement by the Pope that the war is wrong. I have seen several statements praying for peace, urging negotiations if possible, and this one urging that Muslims and Christians should not start killing each other--which is just a polite way of trying to restrain the Muslims from killing Christians. None of this is a direct criticism of President Bush, the United States, or the current war.

[DED]

The pope has stated repeatedly that the war is wrong.

Quotes from the Washington Post:

"In the months before the Iraq war began, John Paul lobbied in favor of a negotiated solution. He has said THERE IS NO LEGAL OR MORAL JUSTIFICATION for the military action, and has worried about how it could affect relations between Christians and Muslims."

"The pope is opposed to the war in Iraq and led a Vatican diplomatic campaign to avert it. The Iraq conflict has put the Vatican at odds with the Bush administration because the POPE HAS REFUSED TO BLESS THE CONFLICT AS A "JUST WAR"."

[sinkspur]

I have not seen any statement by the Pope that the war is wrong. I have seen several statements praying for peace, urging negotiations if possible,

What kind of negotiations does the Pope have in mind? What does one "negotiate" with a thug like Hussein?

The Pope may not have said the war is unjust, but many close to him have, and he has not corrected them.

The Pope, and other Catholic churchmen, are talking too much. They should pray, and encourage others to pray, and say NOTHING ELSE!