Just War Doctrine question

[SultantOfSuede]

This question is NOT about Just War Doctrine per se. Can anyone point me to a non-American Catholic theologian, dissident or otherwise, who defended the invasion of Iraq as being consonant with Catholic Just War doctrine?

Thx in advance!

 

[AndyF]

SultantOfSuede:

This question is NOT about Just War Doctrine per se. Can anyone point me to a non-American Catholic theologian, dissident or otherwise, who defended the invasion of Iraq as being consonant with Catholic Just War doctrine?

Thx in advance!

SultantOfSuede:

I think you may find more answers on the catholic-forum.

I can't say for sure, but the existing Papal Bulls would give a general stance, positively or negatively against this war, and perhaps outline basic criteria for a just war.  
 
Andy

 

[Steven_Merten]

Hello Sultan,

I think when looking for “dissidents or otherwise” who oppose the Catholic Just War theory, it would be far more interesting if you use the war in Kosovo. Pope John Paul II and the American Bishops took extreemly opposing sides on the Kosovo war. Pope John Paul II called NATO forces murderers for defending the Muslims from genocide, rape, atrocities and ethnic cleansing (ethinic cleansing is where the Christian Serbs murder and eniolate all the Muslims, children, women and men in their path). When the Pope and his Serb Christian leaders jointly condemn NATO forces as murderers, they use the term expuslsions, rather than Serb atrocities, because it is a softer term for Serb genocide and atrocities.

So who is the desenter from the Catholic Just war theory in the Kosovo war? Pope John Paul II or American Catholic Bishops, and just about everyone else in the world, except Pope John Paul II’s Serb Chrisitian freinds in Romania?

May 8, 1999
Web posted at: 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT)

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Pope John Paul II and Romania’s Orthodox Christian patriarch combined their moral authority Saturday in a joint appeal for an end to the Kosovo conflict, condemning both forced expulsions and “murderous bombings.”

John Paul and Patriarch Teoctist appealed “in the name of God” to those “who in one way or another are responsible for the current tragedy” to return to the negotiating table.

The appeal was issued on the second day of John Paul’s historic visit to Romania, a mainly Orthodox country that borders on Serbia. Before the visit, some in Romania questioned inviting a religious leader from the West while NATO was bombing fellow Orthodox in Serbia**. **

Since the NATO attacks began March 24, John Paul has issued a series of statements condemning the bombing as well the expulsions of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo.

But the expression of solidarity with “those expelled from their homes, their land, separated from their loved ones, who know the cruel reality of the exodus,” was considered one of the strongest statements by an Orthodox leader against Serbia’s campaign against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. The Russian patriarch, Alexy II, mentioned the plight of refugees during a visit to Belgrade last month.

The communique raised the issue of expulsions before it expressed their solidarity with the “victims of murderous bombings.” It did’nt name NATO or specifically say that the ethnic Albanians were the victims of expulsions.

But it called for a resumption of dialogue that will lead to a “just and lasting” peace that will permit the return of displaced persons to their homes" and relieve the suffering of all those who live in the Federal Republic of Albania, Serbs, Albanians and people of other nationalities.

The two religious leaders also called for a “visionary gesture” by all parties to spur coexistence in the Balkans.

christusrex.org/www1/pope/romania-visit.html