I've heard of The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, but "The 9/11 of Pope Benedict XVI"? I'll let Deal Hudson, of the Morley Institute for Chuch and Culture, explain:

Ever since he emerged smiling through the doors of St. Peters, as the Cardinals choice to lead the Church, Benedict XVI has successfully avoided reinforcing the stereotype of a tradition-bound conservative academic. He was not unaware, however, that the Catholic Left was ready to pounce on any miscue and hold it up to the world as proof of the disaster they predicted his papacy to be.

The Left didnt wait long. No less a critic than John Cornwell, famous for his depiction of Pius XII as anti-Semitic, announced that the popes speech at the University of Regensburg has set back relations with Islam several eras (The Australian, September 18, 2006).

Cornwell fails to mention how the 9/11 attacks with reports of terrorist pilots plowing into American targets while praying to Allah put a stain on Islam that will take several eras to remove.

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The Muslim reaction to the Regensburg speech will only strengthen the Western worlds resolve to confront the threat of radical Islam, whether it is best called fascistic or jihadist. It will reinforce the resolve of Bush, Blair, and their supporters to stay the course in the Iraq war and keep the pressure on Iran to cease its nuclear enrichment program.

Read the rest here.