"Just War" or just war?

The Catholic Just War Tradition and The Iraq War

http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com/justwar/

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"Pope Benedict XVI Questions Whether Future Wars Can Ever Be Just"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/benedict-xvi-from-now-on-there-are-no.html

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Just War Principles

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol116/justwar.htm

Yes, the above pie chart "fact checks."

"Christian" societies are, by far, the most warmongering cultures on the face of the earth.

There is no denying the many horrors "in the other side" of "Christendom's" ongoing conflict with Islam. But perspective/proportion counsels us to remove the tree trunk from own eye before railing against the sliver in "the other guy's."

"Terrorism And The Other Religions"
University of Michigan History Professor, Juan Cole
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

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"Proposal For Two Years Of Obligatory National Service"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/proposal-for-two-years-of-obligatory.html

"Proposal For Two Years Of Obligatory National Service"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/proposal-for-two-years-of-obligatory.html



Most wars are optional and hinge on boardroom "Designation of Enemies."

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The indiscriminate killing of civilians contradicts "Just War Principles."

According to "Just War Principles," the deliberate killing of civilian populations 
is an abomination of biblical proportion.

"Just War Principles"

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol116/justwar.htm

The United States, the only country to drop The Big One," did so not once but twice.

And both times against civilian populations.

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"Pope Benedict XVI Questions Whether Future Wars Can Ever Be Just"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/benedict-xvi-from-now-on-there-are-no.html