Peter K, methinks you over-react to this. By not placing the offending comments to the person who made them, you are painting Christians with too broad a brush, rather than to Pat Robertson himself.. You have extrapolated one man's comments and ascribed them to American Christians. Actually, most responsible Christians (and others) have roundly condemned those comments, as well they ought. The administration has not ignored, and thereby tacitly approved of Robertson's comments. Your comparison to Pope Pius XII are also inappropriate, since the government is not standing by while Robertson acts on his words.

If you wish to condemn Pat Robertson, I'm with you! If you go further than that, I think you show more about yourself than American Christians.