Pope's planned visiti to Turkey

even flow?

NMyTree wrote:

Well, they'll (radical Muslims) have to suck it up like a big boy, while America bombs them into the stone age. Afterall, they opened their mouths all the time.

Can you draw????? I mean with all this talk about "bombing people back to the stone age", we should come up with a new Flintstones but have it be Muslim style. We could have Faquid and Bhani with their wives Wilmot and Bhomi. It could start with the distant relatives of the Flintstones just wanting to exist and living in a relatively modern era. Then this super power comes by and bombs them back to the stone age and voila, we have a new cartoon to watch.

We could have the way-outs come and visit and Boom-Boom could suicide bomb them back to space.

Then not unlike the Flintstones we could have special guest appearances by real people with new names. Osama could just be himself. But we could have Stony Blair, Gorge Bush, etc.

A million dollars just waiting to be made! ;0

puremagic

The U.S. has military bases in Turkey. It would seem logical, given the current environment, that the U.S. would assign some type of personnel both physically and on an intelligence level to secure the Pope during his visit.

Personally, I think it would not be wise decision to make such a trip at this time, he has nothing to prove. I don't agree with those who say he should step down either. His apology should have been more of clarification statement along the lines of - Your history supports my statements as it was made in the context of history and not disrespect. If your scholars were teaching you in truth they would have known that yes, the Islamic religion, just like all religions have a violent background whether it was done in the name of God, Mohammed or Christ, the facts are undeniable. What we need to do is work towards separating the religious from the terrorists.

With everyone trying to speak for and as to what the Pope meant, has only added to the misunderstanding simply because they're speaking on a level of Catholic good, Islamic evil. We have to realize that when people speak against muslims, it is no longer intended for just those in the Middle East. We have begun to speak globally when condemning muslims and the Islamic religion. This is no different when we speak against the Jewish community, it's not limited to Israel. This is no different when we speak against the Catholic community, it's not limited to the Vatican? Religion is global and it's activities are reflected globally. There needs to be a cooling off period so that the Pope can deal with this in his own way. Yes, he does need to deal this because where some see him as the Holy Father, others see him as just another Man.

If he were killed, he would be treated as a martyr and his death would become as a crusade against all things non-Orthodox/Roman Catholic. I don't think the world is ready for what such a chain reaction this could become.