The Knucklehead of the Day award Part One

We have so many Knuckelheads today. They are descending on us like manna from heaven.

Saying that, our first winner is an appropriate one. He is Roman Catholic Cardinal Angelo Sodano. He gets the award for his remarks the recent happenings in the Middle East.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday strongly deplored Israel's strikes on Lebanon, saying they were "an attack" on a sovereign and free nation.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano said Pope Benedict and his aides were very worried that the developments in the Middle East risked degenerating into "a conflict with international repercussions."

"In particular, the Holy See deplores right now the attack on Lebanon, a free and sovereign nation, and assures its closeness to these people who already have suffered so much to defend their independence," he told Vatican Radio.

Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hizbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.

Sodano said the Vatican condemned both "terroristic attacks" and military reprisals.

Hizbollah, which wants to trade its captives for prisoners held in Israel, has showered rockets across the frontier in its fiercest bombardment since 1996 when Israel launched a 17-day blitz against southern Lebanon and Hizbollah.

But Sodano reserved his harshest words for Israel.

"The right of defence on the part of a state does not exempt it from its responsibility to respect international law, particularly regarding the safeguarding of civilian populations," he said.

Israel is not to blame for what happened. Hizbollah lobbed rockets into the Jewish state. What was Israel supposed to do, turn the other cheek till we have another holocaust. That's what would happen if they did as Sodano wished.

As to the sovreign country of Lebanon, they're harboring terrorists who attack another country. They're partly responsible for what happened. Israel was within its right to attack it.

Wouldn't surprise me if Sodano's beliefs come from anti-semitism. Most of Europe wouldn't weep if Israel were to be wiped from the face of the earth. After all most of Europe turned a blind eye to the Nazis and their treatment of Jews before WWII.

For preaching politics instead of religion, Cardinal Angelo Sodano is our first knucklehead of the day.

Also blogging on Cardinal Sodano's remarks- Captain's Quarters and David at The Moderate Voice
Open Post- Jo's Cafe, Cao's Blog, TMH's Bacon Bits, Is it Just me?, Point Five, Bright & Early, Pursuing Holiness,