just-war

I think that the bombing of Hiroshima was unjustifiable under just-war doctrine, and that it was therefore murder.

Matthew Yglesias » Rice Slams Non-Inclusive United States 2009

Consider the just-war theory, for instance, which has never stopped a single war.

Bishop Pierre Whalon: Why I Am Not An Atheist Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011

But after a while you begin to see this pattern emerge that more than makes the man a political sock puppet with a veneer of “just-war” Christianity.

Obama’s Torture Coverup « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

The president spoke in Oslo, when he accepted the Nobel Prize, of "just war" theory, although the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan do not meet the criteria laid down by Thomas Aquinas or traditional Catholic just-war doctrine.

Gravel's Lament: Fighting Another Dumb War 2009

The problem with the president's interpretation of just-war theory is that the conflict in Afghanistan - the issue that most threatens to undercut the legitimacy of his prize - doesn't fit the bill.

John Feffer: Nobel Speech: Exceptional or Exceptionalism? 2009

Here the film becomes muddled, and does justice neither to Quakerism nor to just-war principles.

Friendly Persuasion (1956) elena maria vidal 2009

Michael Ignatieff, a just-war theorist who supported both the Kosovo and Iraq wars, published an influential article on the invasion of Iraq, "The American Empire: The Burden," in New York Times Magazine on January 5, 2003, only weeks before the onset of "shock and awe."

David Bromwich: America's Wars: How Serial War Became the American Way of Life 2009

Nicola was mistakenly shot by an American, which simultaneously amplified the hostility Europeans felt toward the American invasion and confirmed for the Curia their suspicion of force — a sentiment dating back as far as the fifth-century writings of St. Augustine, whose just-war theory bars aggression and "preventive" war.

All Good Things 2009

Judged by just-war standards, it has waged war on Iraq without just cause, without legitimate authority, without right intention, without due regard for civilians, and without reasonable chance of success.

Jeralyn Merritt: Pat Tillman's Death : A Look Back in Time 2008

Yet it has not altered just-war theory or the rule of law --- which in the absence of personal humility, or any doubts about right action, seem particularly useful guideposts.

Varia: Was Iraq A Just War? 2008