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dc_dux · 06-04-2008, 01:08 PM

Armed combat that meets those conditions is acceptable to me for the "greater good"...Granada was pure theater for the neo-cons and was probably an impeachable offense. WWII certaintly met the first three conditions...some might argue the use of the atomic bomb violated the fourth condition. I have always been troubled by that.

The invasion and occupation of Iraq meets none of these conditions.

The issue of innocent victims in just wars..."collateral damage" is far too sanitary a description of some atrocities of war....the millions who suffer the gravest consequences of war, both during and after the military action (land mines, depleted uranium....), but these would be violations of the fourth condition as well.

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Armed combat that meets those conditions is acceptable to me for the "greater good"...Granada was pure theater for the neo-cons and was probably an impeachable offense. WWII certaintly met the first three conditions...some might argue the use of the atomic bomb violated the fourth condition. I have always been troubled by that. The invasion and occupation of Iraq meets none of these conditions. The issue of innocent victims in just wars..."collateral damage" is far too sanitary a description of some atrocities of war....the millions who suffer the gravest consequences of war, both during and after the military action (land mines, depleted uranium....), but these would be violations of the fourth condition as well. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 06-04-2008 at 01:23 PM..