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Let's see...major religious leader whose every word is closely scrutinized and has a history of being somewhat inimical to the presence of Muslim Turks in his native country travels to said country and makes a very public statement invoking an ancient pope who considered Muslims evil and a threat to civilization who should be wiped out. He does this during a time of significant international strife when certain extremist Christian elements seem rather intent on carrying out this ancient mission by inciting military crises throughout the Middle East, and when Muslim sensitivities are high due to perceived threats from said Christians -- to wit the violent response to the Danish cartoon lampooning Mohammed.
Muslim response: let's declare a Jihad on the Pope and all of "Christendom".
Response from the Pope: "Oops, didn't mean it. Now STFU."
Riiiiiiight. That's going to fix everything. Meanwhile, the papal bureaucracy is taking the lead from the Bush Administration and trying to spin this every possible way to make it look like it's not Ratzy's fault. And his apology itself is a little backhanded; it sounds like what he's saying is "I'm sorry that your are a bunch of hot-headed lunatics who took offense." Not that the other guys come off smelling like a rose in this either, mind you.
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