Also Pope has to be diplomatic, he can't say for example things like "Trump sucks" words people understand but there is a subtle undertone in the message which convey that.

[1] Using the words of Trump's own biographer, Michael Wolff, here.

Second of all - popes have made more or less clear comments about "jihadist violence" for decades now - in a way, it's nothing new, pope condemning violence in some part of the world is just what he does on Sundays.

What is new is a "christian" country waging war "in the name of Jesus Christ", to the extent that is happening right now. Minister of Defence saying that everything is preordained and if missiles fail on infidels then clearly it's gods plan. The pentagon preacher saying that since the bible ordered israelites to kill entire cities to purge them of sin, then obviously a missile killing 100+ schoolgirls is part of god's plan too, in the scale of things described in the bible it's hardly a blip.

That's why the Pope is speaking out in a way that few other popes have spoken out before. The previous wars in the middle east have killed 1M+ people but the portrayal as "holy war" is new(or returning, depending on how you look at it).

Good read on why this situation is new:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/...

Indeed. I see things like this:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/i...

Where the current Iranian government is slaughtering its own citizens. It is also fairly well known, and generally not disputed, that women, and non-binary people are slaughtered at whim, abused, even beaten to death in the street by the murderous Morality Police in Iran.

They literally fund recognized terrorist groups as well, and no one not even Iran disputes this. And yes, many Islamic and Middle Eastern states state so as well.

Yet there's a weird collection of people running around, screaming about how Iran is apparently immensely innocent of... well, everything and anything ever. I can only presume that any actuon the Trumo cabal take, is just immediately presumed bad.

Which is of course absurd. Even a broken clock is correct, twice a day.

And if you're non-binary, or support non-binary people, or if you are a feminist, you'd be insane to behave as of the current Iranian regine is "good" or "innocent" in any way. There isn't even the tiniest comparison to how you are treated in the West, or the US compared to Iran. In Iran, basically, you're dead, or rotting in jail until you die.

That doesn't make this war correct. But there is a vast difference between speaking out against military aggression, and supporting Iran. These are two different things.

Iran, the state is terrible. The world will be a far better place if it is replaced with a new regime. And no, that doesn't make the war right.

See how easy that is?

It's called nuance. Not black and white, binary thinking.

Ah well. It only takes one person to appear as 1000s today, so grain of salt.