It’s hard to know what was actually said when reading a wire, especially a Reuters, report, but this story on the Vatican on what’s going on in the Middle East reads depressing (to say the very least). Giving the hatred for Jews throughout the world, given what’s happened to them in the last century, given the relentless attacks on civilians Israel has suffered, they are owed some special protection, an extra sensitivity on the part of the good guys. The Vatican should encourage everyone to avoid war, of course, but to make it sound like, or worse, that Hezbollah and Israel are in any way comprable is an unfortunate injustice.