Falklands War hero explains why he entered the church after being awarded the Military Cross

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Lieutenant Clive Dytor a troop commander in 45 Commando during the Falklands War recalls the ferocious fighting on Two Sisters ridge 30-years ago, an action in which he was honoured for his gallantry.

After leaving the army and becoming an Anglican priest Clive Dytor “swam the Tiber” and became a Catholic.

Read the article here:telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9164691/Falklands-War-hero-explains-why-he-entered-the-church-after-being-awarded-the-Military-Cross.html
 
He must consider it was a just war, from the way he discusses it.
 
Hokomai said:
He must consider it was a just war, from the way he discusses it.
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Of course it was a just war.

British citizens whose families had lived on the islands for longer than Argentina has been a country were subject to a surprise invasion by thousands of forces, and put under martial law in a cynical effort for the dictatorship to divert attention from their horrendous record of human rights abuses (where 30,000 citizens “disappeared”).

Argentina has no moral or legal claim to the Falklands, and the people have a right to self determination. They choose to remain British.
 
Wow-what a guy! And a big one at that! Would want someone like him at my back in a dark alley, that’s for sure! 😃 😉

I remember bits and pieces of the Falklands War. One of the NYC tabloids called the combating nations the ‘Argies’ (Argentina) and the ‘Brits’ (Britain).

God bless him now in his new role as a Catholic priest!
 
Well you’re living in London:p Finsbury? Arsenal fan?😃

Being 1/2 Irish, 1/2 English and catholic on both sides I was always extremely ambivalent about the “Troubles” and the role of the British in Ireland. My Catholic English ancestors having been treated like the Catholics in NI.

Anyway - thread drift!

The original point of the article was that once this chap had read Newman there was no turning back for him: crossing the Tiber was inevitable.

He even gave up the Anglican priesthood to become Catholic.
 
I think the problem with the Falklands war in terms of just war theory is its ‘proportionality’. Even if the British were correct in all other respects, I think it is open to debate whether the actions needed to secure the islands were proportionate to the unjust actions of the Argentine aggressors. However, it is interesting to see Catholics defending a protestant nation against a Catholic nation! By the way I admire heroism in war, and this guy does seem to have met almost anyone’s definition of a hero. The Church is obviously lucky to have him in a leadership role.
 
As soon as Argentina started using Exocet missiles the gloves came off.
 
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As soon as Argentina started using Exocet missiles the gloves came off.
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Yes. El Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina fought very well, the best of their armed services in the Malvinas War (Sorry, I’m an Argentine booster as far as their Naval Aviation, NOT their army, is concerned.) Not by their own bragging either. Admiral Sandy Woodward, the British Task Force commander said: “[t]he Argentine Air Force fought extremely well and we felt a great admiration for what they did.”

The loss led to the disgrace of the generals and helped bring on democracy.
 
Let’s steer away from the war.

I was impressed by a man who is a true warrior, yet is open to the still small voice of God calling him.

I was also impressed that once his heart was aligned to God he couldn’t stop until he “swam the Tiber” and came home to Catholicism.

Maybe more people need to read Cardinal Newman.
 
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