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Number one, when the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword,

there is a thousand-year, more than a thousand-year tradition of just war theory, okay?

Now, we can, of course, have disagreements about whether this or that conflict is just,

but I think that it's important, in the same way that it's important for the Vice President

of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think

it's very, very important for the Pope to be careful when he talks about matters of

theology.

And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been, is, again, hey, random

dude screaming, I told you I'd respond to your point, I just want to respond to this

question first.

But I think one of the issues here is that if you're going to opine on matters of theology,

you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's

one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the

clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant.

Now, to