On Friday the Pope made some comments in regards to Islam.  The Muslims were very offended to say the least.  The Pope quoted a 14th century quote from Mohammed.  This infuriated Muslims all over the World.  I even read where some Muslims fire bomded 2 Catholic churches and a Greek Orthodox church on the West Bank. The report went on to say that this was a rare incident where Palestinian Muslims have attacked Palestinian Christians.   
  I read a column that stated that this Pope does not have the media savvy that Pope John had and they may be right.  On the other hand many of these Muslim Clerics have not shown any desire to dialog with people of differing faiths, especially Christians. If fact many of them have expressed their desire to see the destruction of Christians.  
  I do not think we can dialog with these people.  Jimmy Carter tried this in the late seventies and the hostages were not released until Ronald Reagan took office.  Ronald Reagan expressed no desire to dialog with them or negotiate with them.  Many leaders did not like President Reagan but we can't argue with the results.  The results were that the hostages were freed and the Berlin Wall came down. 
  In the middle east, one terrorist attack may not be too bad(such as in Palestine)but here one attack is too much.  Therefore we cannot afford to dialog with people who have stated that it is there objective to see us destroyed.