[Rockingham]

As Stalin observed, the Pope has no divisions. Yet using prayer and by turns accommodation, resistance, diplomacy, and patience, the Papacy and the Catholic Church have survived many horrors. Benedict and many of his cardinals saw Nazism and Communism first hand. They expect that Islam or at least the worst of it will pass in God’s good time. Until then, they are obliged to seek to limit the damage it does to their flock and the rest of the world.

[Conservative Coulter Fan]

Like Ronald Reagan...you must confront Communism. I prefer the quote at the beginning of the film Obsession - Radical Islam's War Against The West - "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."--Edmunde Burke

[Trailerpark Badass]

As Stalin observed, the Pope has no divisions. Yet using prayer and by turns accommodation, resistance, diplomacy, and patience, the Papacy and the Catholic Church have survived many horrors. Benedict and many of his cardinals saw Nazism and Communism first hand. They expect that Islam or at least the worst of it will pass in God’s good time. Until then, they are obliged to seek to limit the damage it does to their flock and the rest of the world.

You said it better than I could.

And add your in earlier point about other Catholics and Christians in close quarters with Muslims in other parts of the world, parts no less beset by turmoil and religious/ethnic strife...the pope has responsibilities that extend past Israel.