Nothing annoys me greater than listening to the continuing antagonism of Pope Benedict XVI concerning his membership in the Nazi Party during his youth. His detractors continually overlook the fact that the membership was forced (as many in those days were) and he took avenues to get himself out of the service when he joined the priesthood, to his own detriment at the time.

The fact that he is German and from that era, does not make him a racist. Get over it already, hunt down the real threats in Afghanistan, Iraq and in hidden Odessa cellars in Argentina.

Recently, Israel lodged complaints to the Vatican representative concerning comments by Pope Benedict XVI in an address concerning recent terrorist attacks. It seems that they felt slighted in an apparent ommission of mentioning bombing attacks that had occurred in Israel. The Vatican's response was to tell Israel not to tell the Pope what to make speeches about. (gotta love the "Mind your own business", snub) He must be racist for being forgetful or having bad speech writers.

Now he's in Germany, speaking in Hebrew in a synagogue, continuing the steps first walked by John Paul II. Indeed, what a dastardly wicked closet nazi racist he is (insert sarcasm herein).