From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 17:19:32 EST
John Burgeson wrote:
>
> Glenn wrote: "As the country goes to war, we should not forget that
> innocent people on both sides will pay the ultimate price."
>
> Those who would like to register a protest against our rushing into war
> without UN approval can visit the site www.moveon.org to sign a petition.
>
> It is likely that some here will want to do that and others will regard
> doing so as almost an immoral action.
One could certainly say that it would be immoral to express support for the
present Iraqi regime. (I am not thinking of Iraqis themselves, who face death if they
dissent.) OTOH I can't see how anyone could say that failure to express support for war
with Iraq is immoral - though some may indeed do so.
I think it debatable whether the traditional criteria which justify going to war
(_jus ad bellum_) have been met, though I would be willing to give the administration
the benefit of the doubt on that. But it seems certain that, as in almost all recent
conflicts, the traditional conditions for just conduct of war (_jus in bello_) will not
be adhered to. There will be a lot of innocent people killed.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Jan 25 2003 - 17:22:03 EST