PLANS FOR ARMAGEDDON 33wounded were utterly inadequate.^40 The President was a sympathetic
reader: the Vatican’s emphasis entirely corresponded to his own
ideas on avoiding such a war at all costs. At a meeting with Cardinal
Casaroli, Reagan emphasized his abhorrence of nuclear war.^41 The
trouble was that he failed to convince most people of his sincerity.
Around the world, he was still widely regarded as a warmonger.