Trump has promised to use overwhelming force to win the 47-year war Iran started. That is not a violation of Just War Theory. It is precisely what Just War Theory requires.
Thank you for clarifying the context of an eye for an eye: a measure for carrying out justice. But in war, when a particular people were a festering menace to Israel, God commanded His people to destroy them completely. That is to remove all traces of the threat so that peace could now be built. Alas, often, Israel fudged on this and a root of turmoil was allowed to thrive and continue to create havoc for centuries.
👏👏👏 A terrific and sobering article from start to finish! The “rules-based international order” is a pipe dream. Only strength and using overwhelming force can defeat evil, make the world a better place and bring about justice and liberation for oppressed peoples around the globe!
Well said, Rod! Thank you. "Bombs on target, missiles up tailpipes."
Thank you for clarifying the context of an eye for an eye: a measure for carrying out justice. But in war, when a particular people were a festering menace to Israel, God commanded His people to destroy them completely. That is to remove all traces of the threat so that peace could now be built. Alas, often, Israel fudged on this and a root of turmoil was allowed to thrive and continue to create havoc for centuries.
👏👏👏 A terrific and sobering article from start to finish! The “rules-based international order” is a pipe dream. Only strength and using overwhelming force can defeat evil, make the world a better place and bring about justice and liberation for oppressed peoples around the globe!
America 250 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🎆🎇🧨 Book Club 📚 This week’s edition: great political leaders and statesmen:
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
• The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands
• Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants by H.W. Brands
• Gallatin: America's Swiss Founding Father by Nicholas Dungan
• The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made by Walter Isaacson
• Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War by Robert L. Beisner
• George C. Marshall: Soldier-Statesman of the American Century by Mark A. Stoler
• Rayburn: A Biography by D.B. Hardeman
• Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat by Don Oberdorfer
• Everett Dirksen and His Presidents: How a Senate Giant Shaped American Politics by Byron C. Hulsey
• Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson
• Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein
• Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country by Arnold A. Offner
• On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller by Richard Norton Smith
• Jack Kemp: The Bleeding-Heart Conservative Who Changed America by Morton Kondracke & Fred Barnes
• Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill by Thomas P. O’Neill & William Novak
Outstanding! Ty!