It reads like people are almost purposefully misinterpreting what he said to give themselves a basis to disagree.

This is what drives people on Twitter to write incredibly defensive posts that attempt to address every possible misinterpretation and criticism.

That type of writing is useless, because motivated people will still search for a new angle of disagreement, and the impact of the message is diluted by the time spent addressing the criticisms. Can you imagine how bland this would have been if he started it with an explanation of Catholic just war theory and a list of reasons why this war doesn’t qualify