The Christian "Just War" Tradition: What Are The Pre-requisite Conditions Of A Just War... And How Do Just Wars Come To An End?

 

"As Of December 8, 2023, Gazans Have Experienced The Population-Adjusted Catastrophe of 1000 Twin Tower Topplings In A Single Day, Or Nearly One Such Catastrophe Per Day Spread Out Over A Period Of 2 Years And 8 Months. Furthermore, Netanyahu's Relentless Carnage Shows No Sign Of Letting Up"

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2023/12/as-of-december-8-2023-gazans-have.html

The Catholic Just War Tradition and The Iraq War

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

"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

Just War Principles

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

"How To Make Lasting Political Progress"

(Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler, Teaches Us To Win It All Through Our Persistent Determination To Keep On Losing)

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-to-make-lasting-political-progress.html

Contextualization of the pie chart (above) by University of Michigan History Professor, Juan Cole: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/34270/did-christians-kill-thirty-to-fifty-times-as-many-people-in-political-violence-a

"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

"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."

Notably, Ken Burns' video series on the Vietnam War provides the audio files of President 

https://slideplayer.com/slide/2341887/8/images/7/Just+War+Tradition+Just+Cause+Comparative+Justice+Right+Intention.jpg

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.

The United States deliberately targeted Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two large civilian population, the latter being the epicenter if Japanese Christianity.
"Just War Principles"

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

"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

"As Of December 8, 2023, Gazans Have Experienced The Population-Adjusted Catastrophe of 1000 Twin Tower Topplings In A Single Day, Or Nearly One Such Catastrophe Per Day Spread Out Over A Period Of 2 Years And 8 Months. Furthermore, Netanyahu's Relentless Carnage Shows No Sign Of Letting Up"

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2023/12/as-of-december-8-2023-gazans-have.html

The link below takes you to episode 2 of a six part video series on Christianity's "Just War Tradition."

This 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg1v6Sk4jow 

To learn more about the Order of De LeSalle which produced this enlightening video series, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers