The Pope's epic smackdown

The pope gave the Islamic world a much overdue verbal backhand the other day in his speech when he quoted a 14th century Christian emperor, saying "show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." But Ratzinger's got to use something a little harsher than words if he's going to stop the spread of Islam in Europe.