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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘just war’
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
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High Civilian Toll in Herat, Afghanistan Backed Up by NYT, General McKiernan Cites ‘Emerging Evidence’
Posted: September 8, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Christ, civilian casualties, Herat, Jesus, just war, nonviolence
It looks like initial reports of very high casualties in Herat, Afghanistan, were valid, despite howling protests from the U.S. military: The Afghan government, human rights and intelligence officials, independent witnesses and a United Nations investigation back up their account, pointing to dozens of freshly dug graves, lists of the dead, and cellphone videos and [...]
Nagasaki
Posted: August 10, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: just war, Nagasaki, nonviolence, nuclear weapons
Yesterday was the anniversary of the second A-bomb attack by the United States against Japan at the close of World War II. You might have heard a great deal about whether or not the bombs were justified. I am not a subscriber to just war theory, but for those who are, I’d offer the following [...]
