Just War
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Command, was quoted as saying in the Oct. 11 Chicago Tribune, "I believe he [Saddam Hussein] is ... containable at this moment. War and violence are a very last resort." Clearly the general has studied his Just War theory. St. Augustine wanted to know if Christians could resist barbarians. If the United States strikes first against Iraq, then it is Americans who have become the barbarians. We have learned nothing in more than 1,500 years of moral reasoning.
Command, was quoted as saying in the Oct. 11 Chicago Tribune, "I believe he [Saddam Hussein] is ... containable at this moment. War and violence are a very last resort." Clearly the general has studied his Just War theory. St. Augustine wanted to know if Christians could resist barbarians. If the United States strikes first against Iraq, then it is Americans who have become the barbarians. We have learned nothing in more than 1,500 years of moral reasoning.