Faiths, Laws and Looming Apocalypse

Wretchard points out that the new pope comes to bat in an eerie and oh so tentative parallel to the fiery beginning of John Paul's reign:

Therefore, the Pope seems to say to the Muslims in the room, survival is in our hands and that means yours too. "You guide Muslim believers and train them in the Islamic faith. Teaching is the vehicle through which ideas and convictions are transmitted. Words are highly influential in the education of the mind. You, therefore, have a great responsibility for the formation of the younger generation."

But W and his State Beheader Apologist Department IS HAVING NONE OF IT. They know oh-so-much more than us little people.

UPDATE: Wretchard's commenters are sharp today. Herewith james h.m. :

Muslims might wish to take note that, for reasons both obvious and obscure, freedom of religion and equal rights for women go hand in hand with prosperity and advancing civilizations. (And so WHY is the US tolerating the prospect of a country we liberated from a hideous dictator becoming an Islamic republic in which individual liberties are circumscribed from the outset and surely will be restricted further in these Islamist times?) 9:24 AM

Has State come up with blackmail material on W?