Well well. Pope Benedict has gone off on another politically delicate trip without having sacked that walking, talking leg-hold trap he employs as a media spokesman.
I expect the headlines over the next few days will be very interesting. It doesn't seem to matter now what the Pope actually says, as long as he's got his
The media is certainly starting off on the right note:
HaaretzFar-rightist MK: Hitler Youth pope not welcome in Israel
ReutersIslamists say Pope's Mideast visit provocative
the Guardian Pope Benedict must be a 'penitent pilgrim' on Jerusalem visit
Maybe "keep your friends close and your enemies closer?"
ReplyDeletenot when they've got knives pointed at your back all day long.
ReplyDeleteYes, he was part of the Hitlerjugend. What other damning facts are you going to dig up? Maybe the shocking fact that his family probably supported the regime by - wait for it - paying taxes!
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Of course, some less-than-critical thinkers twist, consciously or unconsciously, the fact that he was a member of the Hitlerjugend into him having been a full-fledged Nazi, and maybe that's the point of bringing it up so often.