By Ali Al-Hail

There’s almost entirely, no single doubt that, the Pope Benedict XVI, and the whole Catholic Vatican, are pones in the Bush Administration’s presumed “war on terror”. There are precedences, and observations which support this.

The Vatican has never criticized the US conduct of bombing campaigns on innocent civilians in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Occasionally, it does Under street pressure, (albeit, by touching on the periphery of the matter).

Even after it was made public that, Saddam had nothing to do with Al-Qaeda, and WMD, upon which the war on Iraq was launched on March 20th, 2003, no word from the Vatican was heard, questioning the merits, and ethics behind the war. Though the Vatican is perceived by many as the guardian of ethics.

No detection of referring to the US, Britain, or their other EU allies, in a direct and clear language, has been found. Similarly, despite the daily Israeli occupation brutality in the Palestinian lands, where there are also Palestinian Christians, the Papal condemnation is virtually, absent.

During the one month-long Israeli war on Lebanon, a country which is a home to 1.5 million Christians, the Vatican role at least in issuing a statement, passing on a remark on the barbaric Israeli assault on innocent Christian, and Muslim Lebanese, has been of a surprise.

Having said that, however, no single Muslim would argue with the Pope that, "violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul". Had the Pontiff, who is apparently, another consumer from the hypermarket of trading with the Holocaust been in touch with events, he would have certainly, by now gathered that, the daily atrocities by Israeli occupation forces against innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, and women is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Had Benedict XVI from his castle in the ‘Roman’ Vatican been a good student of history of “violence”, he would absolutely, by now have known that, removing Palestinian people from their home country Palestine by the West, and replacing it with the state of Israel is ““incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Had the Pope of the Vatican been a good citizen of his home country, Germany, he would have undoubtedly, been aware after 8 decades that, the holocaust against fellow Jews, which was committed by Nazi Europe headed by Nazi Germany, is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Had the Pontiff been a good audience, he would have learnt from ‘objective-informative’ media about the killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians, including women, and children in Iraq, and Afghanistan, by American\Anglo, and their EU\European allies that, is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Had the supposedly, guardian of human values visited hospitals in Iraq, and Afghanistan, he would have seen maimed children by what’s called the “war on terror”, which is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Had the pontiff read, listened to or watched, or even told about the nearly, 11,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 140 children, and 360 women in Israeli jails, he would have realized that, is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul". Bearing in mind that, according to UN human rights organizations 60% of these Palestinian had been jailed for years without charges, or trials.

Had benedict XVI made a browse in Abugrabe, Bagram, Guantenamo, and other scattered prisons allover Europe, and elsewhere, full of Arab\Muslim prisoners, and detainees held without trials, and some of them held without charges, he would have had a clue that, is “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

All these forms of violence which is rightly, so “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul", had been committed by the West, and the West’s funded Israel. Since independence, Arab\Muslim resistance (violence in the Pope’s statement) has been totally, counter-violence i.e., a reaction to the violence action by the West, and Israel. This is also, ingrained in West’s thinkers, and analysts, including Israelis.

The Pope is unfortunately, told what the West want him to hear, and he is not told what the West doesn’t want him to hear. This is a fact from his Papal STATEMENT.

The Pope quoted the 1391 speech in the winter barracks near Ankara - by the erudite Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus, in which he had mentioned that, "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."

Then Arabs\Muslims were in Al-Andalus ( now Spain). Had the pontiff referred to history, he would have known that, during this era, Europe was enlightened more or less, in every field, by the Arab\Muslim presence in Spain, according to Western ‘objective’ thinkers. This is an aspect of what Mohammed Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH) have taught his followers from across all human race, to deliver to human race.

According to Western ‘objective’ historians (e.g., Arnold Twinby, Story of Civilization ), the Emperor wasn’t happy about this teaching. He, as a matter of fact was not pleased with other Christians-Non Catholic, and Jews. Arabs\Muslims, non-Catholic Christians, and Jews as a matter of fact had suffered by his racist, and prejudice army. This interprets why Arabs\Muslims, non-Catholic Christians, and Jews fled Spain together, feared executing by the Emperor, during late 15th century.

Since Benedict 16th quoted the 14th century Emperor, means he had been in agreement with the quote. It has to be said to the Pope that, show me just what the what’s called the “war on Terror” in which he is a pone brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as the West’s command to spread by the bombing the notion of Americanization\Europeanization\Israelization (Genevieve Cora Frazer, Zaman, Turkish Newspaper, September 23rd , 2006, www.zaman.com) on the Arab\Muslim World, which has drastically, failed so far, and that what is, “incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".

Professor, Dr. Ali Al-Hail, Professor of Mass Communication, Twice Fulbright Award Winner, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, and Board Member of AUSACE ASC, IABD, NEBAA, BEA, IMDA and EAJMC American Associations. Can be contacted via: pdaah90@hotmail.com