"Where do we stand on war with Iran," Editorial, June 2006.It is seldom that I, or most readers of Catholic Insight, are in disagreement with Father Alphonse de Valk's editorial stance. However, I must confess to being just that as regards his remarks on whether or not we should, if seen as necessary, go to war with Iran. Of course, that is not to say he is wrong, or for that matter, that I am right. I have always been of the belief that the best and most efficient defence is a strong offence. It gives us to wonder what lives might have been saved had, for instance, the Allies invaded the Third Reich Third Reich Official designation for the Nazi Party's regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945. The name reflects Adolf Hitler's conception of his expansionist regime—which he predicted would last 1,000 years—as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman in 1937, before Hitler was totally prepared to go to war. We can never know exactly of course, but it is conceivable con·ceive v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives v.tr. 1. To become pregnant with (offspring). 2. that millions might have been saved. In the case of Iran, whose leadership's bellicosity bel·li·cose adj. Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. See Synonyms at belligerent. [Middle English, from Latin bellic is already evident (they sent millions of young men to die fighting with Iraq) would it be conscionable con·scio·na·ble adj. 1. Acceptable or permissible according to conscience: "Ignoring [disadvantaged minorities] for us to endanger en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. Jerusalem, a city of nearly a million souls and the centre of three of the great world religions, merely because we perceive ourselves to be more charitable than Muslims? Surrey, BC |
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