Are the Pentagon and the President lying to us about Iraq?

Evangelical Catholicism

I do recall Pope Benedict XVI's brief mention of the deplorable situation in Iraq today, just as I recall Michael Novak characterizing the Pope's perspective as "disappointing" and overtly "European." Only someone as historically, politically and ecclesially detached as Novak would even hint at the Pope desiring to communicate the message of the "American Left." Perhaps it is Novak whose perspectives are disappointing due to apparent ignorance and ideology (a post documenting Novak's numerous theological errors and socio-economic misrepresentations is coming in the near future)...