Martin Marty -- Iraq War not Just War

Martin Marty -- I'm a big Marty fan -- puts this whole thing in perspective with his usual succinctness in an On Faith posting.

In conclusion he writes:

Using historic criteria, it is hard to see how "just war" concepts apply to our current venture. There may be "necessary" defensive wars, but whoever observes the "corollary" losses of civilian life and the devastation that follows even what winners call "victory" would have a hard time calling Iraq "just."

It's not a "just war," it's "just war."

How true -- it's "just war." Nothing more.

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