Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. You can learn more about the dangers posed to U.S. national security by the war in Afghanistan by watching Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six): Security, or by visiting http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. The Pentagon expects to receive General McChrystal’s troop request by the end [...]
Posts Tagged ‘just war theory’
Which Way Out of Just War Theory?
Posted: May 5, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Council on Foreign Relations, just war theory, nonviolence
Richard Haass at the Council on Foreign Relations recently voiced reservations about the Afghanistan war, pointing out that it was rapidly evolving into a ‘war of choice.’ It’s a good read, and I commend him for giving the interview. However, I take issue with his more recent piece on the Washington Post’s “On Faith” feature, [...]
Epic Failure of “Smart Bomb” Hype in Afghanistan
Posted: March 2, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, air strikes, airstrikes, Christianity, civilian casualties, hauerwas, just war, just war theory, nonviolence, smart bombs
This morning, AP published a story featuring Red Cross officials expressing anxiety about the escalating Afghanistan conflict: ”The daily lives of people living in areas where the fighting is taking place are being disrupted, be it because of airstrikes, night raids, suicide attacks, the use of IEDs, or because of intimidation and the population being [...]
Convergence
Posted: August 28, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, Georgia, Herat, just war theory, Maximillianus, Russia
Two things come together at the United Nations: UNITED NATIONS: Russia, at odds with the United States over Georgia, tried unsuccessfully to push the UN Security Council on Tuesday to condemn US-led air strikes in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians. The Russian delegation had drafted a statement that would say the council’s 15 member [...]
