"What Women Want" was a great movie! What are you complaining about?
On the war in Iraq, Gibson is a devout Catholic. In case you missed it, the Pope was/is opposed to the war in Iraq. So first you have to convince the Pope that the war in Iraq was a "just war", and then you will find Mel Gibson thinks it is a "just war" as well.
Mel doesn't recognise the pope. He's the old kind of Catholic, services in Latin.