Many who have commented on the war on social media appear to think that as long as some aim for which a war is fought is in itself a good aim – such as deposing tyrants or preventing them from getting hold of weapons of mass destruction – then the war has met the just-cause condition of just war doctrine. That is not the case. It is not enough merely to have the aim of removing a tyrant. There must also be a concrete and realistic plan for avoiding an outcome that leaves the people being liberated, and the U.S. itself, even worse off. Does the Trump administration have such a plan?
The post The war against Iran fails just-war criteria appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
