Iraq & just war.Peter Dula is right to call on Catholic conservatives like George Weigel George Weigel (Baltimore, 1951 - ) is an American Catholic author, and political and social activist. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation. to explain their "moral muteness Muteness Elops dumb serpent; gives no warning of its approach. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] Henry bald-headed, pugnosed and silent youngster of comic strip. in a time of war" ("The War in Iraq," December 3, 2004). The Catechism catechism (kăt`əkĭzəm) [Gr.,=oral instruction], originally oral instruction in religion, later written instruction. Catechisms are usually written in the form of questions and answers. deals with just war only in terms of defensive war. It is disturbing that the Catholic conservatives who defended the war in Iraq have said so little about the thousands of casualties and the torture at Abu Ghraib See Abu Ghraib prison and Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The city of Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: Abū Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic) in the Anbar Governorate of Iraq is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of . Dula's comments were backed up by his ten-month experience on the ground. Does Weigel have any such empirical basis for his views? MARTIN M. MCLAUGHLIN Arlington, Va. |
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