Catholics at War & The Heart of Tragedy – Part II

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The Ancient Eddy

If our preemptive, aggressive invasion of a foreign land that lasted fifteen years and killed almost a quarter of a million people can be justified in terms of self-defense, and a war that killed 75 million people can be referred to by Christians as “The Good War,” I don’t think we’re going to be able to appeal to reason or the moral law to try to convince Israel that what they are doing does not meet the sniff test. Frankly, if we American Catholics think we can lec...