In response to the Pope’s refusal to apologize for quoting an obscure 15th century Byzantine emperor who noted that Islam codified violence as part of its doctrine, Muslims are now attacking churches and have threatened to bomb the Vatican. Apparently the bombings will continue until the Pope apologizes for the statement and publicly asserts that Islam is a religion of peace. This bears tangential similarity to the Neo-Con strategy of bombing Iraq into tranquility.

All of which leads me to wonder if future historians will label this “The Age of Irony.” Contingent, of course, on the actual existence of the future.