In the brief run-up to the American Civil war between Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and the start of hostilities, the new president was visited by a host of “peace committees,” urging him to let the rebellious states go in peace, forming two countries from one.
Lincoln believed such a peace would only be illusory, setting off the bitter Balkanization of America rather than launching an era of fraternal brotherhood. He had been an avid fan of the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence since he was a young man in Springfield, Illinois.
Perfectly cognizant of the ills in the American Republic, Lincoln’s imagination was captured by the belief that it was the one nation on earth conceived in a manner in which it could progressively heal its own ills rather than be eventually torn asunder by them. If that nation were torn asunder, there was little hope for any of mankind. All were doomed to live in societies that progressively decayed and suffered periodic violent, existential convulsions every century or two. Lincoln was determined that that nation MUST be preserved that people might ultimately escape the cycle of institution, decay, and collapse.
To one of the final peace delegations, Lincoln wearily responded that he, too, was a man who deeply valued peace, but that sometimes the only path to real peace was through war. And the war came.
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I have been assiduously studying Just War theory and its history. I think it is still a work in progress. St. Augustine did not have a systematic approach to it, though his thoughts on what constitutes just war is a common thread running through much of his work, most insistently in City of God. It was not until St. Thomas Aquinas, writing some 800 years later, that a systematic, comprehensive approach was developed.
The concept of “Just War” has been a muddled one in Christian history. The first Christians were almost absolute pacifists, refusing to defend either themselves or those around them with physical force. It was primarily St. Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan who lived in the 4th Century (and who received and baptized St. Augustine into the Church), who began considering when the use of force was legitimate for Christians.
St. Ambrose concluded that Christians did not just have the right to use force to defend those under assault around them but, in fact, had a positive obligation to do so when they could. To do less risked grave sin, he believed. Even so, St. Ambrose did not believe individuals had any right to self-defense. They must submit to violence and suffering when it came, preferably without complaint.
St. Augustine refined his old teacher’s thoughts on the matter, establishing a clear right to self-defense among a host of other details. Again, Augustine did not lay down a systematic approach, but wrote as a man constantly thinking on the matter – and what was just and prudent. Augustine truly was the father of the concept of just war.
It was not fully developed, though. Further, the interpretation and analysis of it by Church authorities was usually sophomoric. This led to multitudes of people dying needlessly because of the lack of martial vigor in the Church. Islam launched its war of extermination against Christianity with the conquest of Spain and the Iberian Peninsula beginning in 711. By the time Christianity launched the Crusades to defend Christians almost 400 years later, fully a third of Europe was already under the Islamic yoke. The bulk of the Christian lives lost and quite a few of the Islamic ones lost can be accounted to the restraint of the Christian world. Had Christian nations acted with vigorous resolve, the Islamic invasion could have been checked by 750 A.D. and Muslims would not have felt encouraged to go further.
In the early 1200’s, St. Thomas Aquinas systematized the theory of just war in his massive Summa Theologiae. Masterful as it is, it is not defined doctrine. It is more like the mid-point in a contemplation that was begun with Sts. Ambrose and Augustine. It is important because, if it is not significantly more developed and refined, the Church will forever be dismissed in such matters as insufficiently grounded in reality to have anything practical or useful to say.
Some of the deficiencies merely have to do with continuing to impose 13th century standards on current realities. States can licitly respond to an “imminent threat.” But in the 13th Century you could tell when an imminent threat was posed by the massing of troops along a border. When you have missiles that can reach 6000 miles in a matter of minutes, imminent threat is in an entirely new context. If you have a state that has such missiles, already props up terror around the globe, and brags that it will use them on you as soon as it has the full nuclear capability, that is an imminent threat.
It irritates me enormously that even scholarly commentators I have relied on do not seem to know some of the basics of existing just war theory. The Church acknowledges that some matters are the primary prudential responsibility of the hierarchy – and others are the primary prudential responsibility of the laity. Setting up the general criteria for a just war lies in the primary responsibility of the Church. Applying those criteria to any specific conflict is the primary responsibility of lay leaders. In discussing this, I have talked to a few Priests and Bishops who understand that distinction, but I have yet to see a Catholic commentator, even those I most admire, who does. If they are going to talk knowledgably and usefully on this subject, they are going to have to up their game dramatically.
As for me, I am slowly and steadily working up a set of propositions to refine the heart of what makes for a just war. Though I will publish it fully before I die (if I live long enough) I will discuss it in pieces here as we go. The first of these is: The only legitimate purpose of war is to secure a just peace. This does not invalidate any of the other existing criteria, but simply overtly states the purpose. You still have to exhaust all other reasonable avenues first. The second proposition is: Once you have decided that war is the only path to peace, you must prosecute it with vigorous resolve. Vigorous prosecution brings wars to the swiftest end. Ending them quickly saves the most lives.
Above all, at this early stage, men need to get it clear that advocating for the status quo when the status quo is wicked – and murderously violent for many – is NOT to advocate for peace. It is just to advocate for a wicked status quo. So quit dressing it up as refined morality.
It has been several centuries since nations (at least in the formerly free world) have gone to war for national glory. Thank God! But we need to do far more to ensure that we are guided by sound principles of Judeo-Christian ethics if we are not to descend back into barbarism. We cannot do that when the Church has reduced itself to the role of annoying kibitzer when such serious matters arise.
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Over the last decade, I have done a complete 180 in regard to Donald Trump. Ten years ago this month, I was a hair’s breadth away from being a “never Trumper.” Today, I think he is the sort of world historical figure we only see once every three or four hundred years.
Many are so obsessed by the trees of daily events that they can’t see the emerging forest around us. Trump is resetting the geopolitical globe faster than has ever been accomplished in history. Much faster. It is in a way that prepares the ground for a genuine, lasting peace of a scope never before seen in the world. Who could have foreseen, even a year ago, that in a war with Iran, almost all the Arab states would ally themselves with the U.S. and Israel? Yet here it is.
In his recent summit in China, Trump worked to secure the release of Christians there who are being held because they are Christians. In Nigeria, he took out the terrorist who has committed and masterminded the most atrocities against Christians. I wish the Vatican were half as vigorous in its defense of Christians around the globe.
This segment, though, is not a review of Trump’s triumphs – though I think he is clearing the ground in a way that will facilitate the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, even if he is not consciously aware of it. Rather, I am acknowledging that when an historical figure achieves larger than life results, his blunders tend to be larger than life, as well. I don’t forget that Trump was the original impetus behind the disastrous Covid shots with his Warp Speed initiative. He then proceeded to get rolled consistently by the establishment media, public health authorities, and Democrats on the entire issue. I do not think he would have enacted the tyrannical mandates that Biden and company did, but it was a blunder of large proportions.
When the Islamic Republic that holds Iran captive is completely toppled, it will be a huge driver towards world peace and stability. It will also dramatically enhance global prosperity.
No one knows the art of the deal better than Trump. But he is dealing with an ideology which believes it is in its interest to trigger a global apocalypse. Those are the circumstances Shi’ites believe will bring about the return of the 12th Mahdi and the establishment of Islam as the only religion throughout the world.
I have learned never to underestimate Trump, but his approach to Iran at endgame is beginning to look feckless. The business of dire threat, followed by a decision to give them a couple more weeks has cycled about as far as it reasonably can. At some point very soon, say before this month ends, I think Trump needs to end it. Let’s get on with the reconstruction of a functioning society in Iran and the end of murderous terror exported from its shores. Again, Trump may be doing things behind the scenes that will facilitate this that I – and almost everyone else – are unaware of. But we need to get there soon.
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Marxism is an authoritarian ideology that falsely claims to be grounded in science. Islam is an authoritarian ideology that falsely claims to be grounded in God. Woke-ism is an authoritarian ideology that false claims to be grounded in compassion. Despite dramatically contradictory stated goals, these ideologies have made common cause with each other. When that happens, I always look for the common thread. It is authoritarian ideology. Just the will to power writ large. That is the great battle of our time – faith and freedom vs submission to authoritarian rule.
Just say no.
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I head off to the Eastern Seaboard today for several talks and visits. I will be going out in briefer spurts this year. If you would like to schedule a visit, contact my scheduler, Mary Lapchak, at lapchakma@gmail.com. My theme this year is preparing for the Triumph. I believe that how we behave this year will determine whether the Triumph is just a couple of years away – or several decades away. We all need to up our game.
If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.
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Art of the deal? I’d re-read The Art of War instead to clearly read the tea leaves of what’s upon us.
Pray you’re well, brother.
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I just finished the book Sword and Scimitar, the story of 1600 years of conflict between Islam and Christianity. Highly recommended, fwiw.
The main take-away for me is maybe the biggest difference between Augustine (and Ambrose) on the none hand, and Aquinas on the other may very well have been the demand for Christianity to become far more militant in response to the Islamic threat.
The book lays out from contemporaneous accounts what the Islamic attacks looked like. The book is brutal. Definitely worth reading (for the men reading this, there are parts that I won’t even discuss with my wife). October 7 was completely in character.
The idea of Just War develops in the aggregate, but at the personal level, the ideal of the Christian Knight emerges over that thousand years.
And in our soft, wimpy, effeminate, comfort loving world, the question of what are the obligations of the Christian Knight in today’s world, in today’s conflict with Islam have become front and center at the personal level for me.
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God Bless and thank you, Charlie!
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Bravo Charlie. You hit the nail squarely on its head. The Iran regime is blood thirsty. There is no friendly way to compromise with them. They don’t understand the meaning of the word. You said it all much better than me, but we’re on the same page. Thanks Charlie.
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My longer comment disappeared. Again. In short, just war criteria has been met even considering a cursory evaluation of the theory. Leo does not care about nor represent catholic teaching using just war theory. Is the man catholic in any sense? He does not see christians, catholics, suffering from Islam. He is too busy pushing Islam into the west. How is this man representing catholicism. In whose interest does he act.
President Trump is a singular, historic figure of a man. He got played during Covid, but hes not a doctor and did not have his people around him as he does now. They were brutal and worked hard to trap him, as we now know. He defends christians every single time. He made defending christendom part of his initial platform. It is one reason he is so hated.
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Hi, Kate. I know a lot of people believe that Trump got rolled in 2020 by the bad people. I realize this is a controversial thing to say, but Trump absolutely knew exactly what was going on.
*I* knew what was going on. To think I knew better than Trump is a claim not worth trying to defend.
The key here is to realize that the conditions of those times were not like now for him in terms of his ability to expose the bad people to the rest of us, since the vast majority of people were still asleep. The Dems set the whole thing up to take him down in November. It was a trap, and it almost worked.
He did two things of great importance. He put the worst people out front so those of us who could see those people would see them, Fauci principle among them, and then trace all their connections, which many people did over the next few years. Anon researchers now know who was involved, where they did the work, what they did, how they deliberately set out to harm red state populations in particular, and more. Second, he escaped their trap by giving them what they wanted. He gave the rapacious Pharma companies the opportunity to move (too) quickly, and he did not fight the steal in November of 2020. Biden’s victory was a short term win for the Democrats and a long term existential loss that the Democrats will never recover from.
Sometimes what looks like a loss sets up the revenge.
Now they all go to jail.
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Apologies. WordPress had me going round in circles and I lost my more thoughtful, correctly spelled comment.
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“The only legitimate purpose of war is to secure a just peace.” “Once you have decided that war is the only path to peace, you must prosecute it with vigorous resolve.” Thank you, Charlie, for this! I was speaking with a good, Catholic woman today who shocked me with her disgust with President Trump and this conflict with Iran! I tried to explain that Islam extremists would use a nuclear weapon once they had it, and the President was simply acting to eliminate that threat. I don’t think she was convinced. Sigh. I agree with you too, that the President needs to finish this conflict. Praying he does so very soon!
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Stay the course Charlie. Fully agree with you.
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I don’t see how Trump can end the war without troops on the ground… and for that, he would have to make the case — powerfully and persuasively — to the American people. For heaven’s sake, TALK TO US, President Trump! Tell us what is really going on. Respect our intelligence and give ordinary Americans good reason to buy in. Even with the economic hardship most folks are experiencing, we are still way too comfortable to countenance sending our sons, husbands and brothers off to war unless there is extraordinary motivation.
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CT, Iran is largely of no consequence to most Americans and never will be. Trump has no intention of putting large numbers of American boots on the ground and doesn’t need to in order to win.
Iran’s population consists of 90M people, 85M of whom hate their government and possibly 30M of which are Christians in hiding. They would happily overthrow their government. Most of those in power are in it for the money at this point, and Trump via Bessent is systematically cutting off their money, demotivating many of them and harming their defense.
Meanwhile, Trump has done a very interesting job of insulating Americans from the major part of the downstream damages resulting from the war. That insulation will not cover all things, of course, and over the next several months, a lot of bad people are going to try to break MAGA and hurt our country so that they can steal the midterms (not gonna happen).
Operations began in, what, February, after the Iranian government appears to have slaughtered 30-40K Iranian citizens, which scared them into their homes. So what did Trump do? He sent them an air force. Citizens would call in and give our Air Forces coordinates for their strikes.
Finally, why send American forces when what Trump really wants is to support the Iranian 85M in taking back their own country? Special forces, Israeli infiltrators, shipments of arms and weapons into the country to arm the 85M, we aren’t going to be told that is happening, but why send US soldiers en masse when you already have 85M fervent Iranian patriots who just need support while all we want is several hundred pounds of uranium and we’re outta there? But sending in that support takes a lot of time. Perhaps that’s why Trump seems so changeable – it’s letting a lot of behind the scenes maneuvers have enough time to work.
Let the man cook.
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There were reports that Trump tried to arm ordinary Iranians and that the arms were kept by the Kurds. But, of course, I am just reading on the internet and do not really know.
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Yup, Judy,
De Kurds done kept de Guns + de corrupt Ukrainians have done stole US Blind & de BlueState DemonRats have done out-done ALL them chiseling, since 1945, FreeLoaders when it comes to stealing USA Taxpayer $$$$ …… $38 TRILLION in Debt ;-(
Jesus, I Trust In You! 😉
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Love those comments, CD! You get right to the point 🙂
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Steve, I think you are making best assumptions and envisioning best outcomes because like Charlie you are a genuinely good person. Yet, what is served to us by newsmax and other right wing media (and I am a right winger) might be a wishful thinking or even a pure propaganda. Decapitation attacks on Iranian leaders rather led to consolidation around the flag. Iranian army prepared for this by decentralizing lines of commandnand designating many levels of command in case of decapitation attacks. Iranian population also ca see what effects the freedom operation brought in the neighboring Iraq. The Iranian army, even with navy destroyed, is still in a strong shape with a million soldiers ready for American land invasion. They will not run away because they value martrydom. They are backed and supplied by Russia with which they share the maritime border. They are supported by China. It took half a million US soldiers for the war in Iraq, over 4000 US soldiers died in Iraq and over 30000 got injured. And Iran is much bigger and powerful than Iraq. Enough to mention even US doesn’t have hypersonic ballistic missiles developed yet, unlike Russia, China and yes Iran. In the meantime the gas prices nearly doubled here in the US due attack on Iran, something Democrats didn’t even envisioned in their happiest dreams before the midterm elections. I hope in the end I am wrong about all of this.
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Steve BC, you want to take on the errors of fact and of logic here.
I really value much of your stuff in these comment boards, Pawel, but you come off blinded by ideology in your comments on this.
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Honestly, Charlie, I hope that is the case that I am blinded by ideology because I would love to see the outcomes that contradict my views. Time will tell though and I am 100% open to being wrong. Not the first time and not the last time would I have a wrong judgment. But I do hope you and Steve are right on these matters.
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Pawel, I am more than happy to agree that you and I are genuinely good people, so no problems there. Obviously, we disagree on what is needed to take down Iran. The US and others have built up Iran for decades (yes, outright treason). Their country can be divided into pieces under certain circumstances, divorcing the Kurdish and Baloch regions from greater Iran, but the core is to all intents and purposes, impregnable to invasion at any reasonable cost in today’s world.
So Trump figured out a way to avoid the need for an invasion. US forces destroyed their navy, destroyed most or all of their Air Force and anti-aircraft systems such that we had complete freedom of the skies almost immediately, destroyed thousands of military and Basij sites, killed most of their upper leadership, closed down most of the money pipelines connecting them to the City of London, shut down their exports of oil and most other things to the point where they have filled all their tanks and either have to pour oil out onto the ground to maintain oil flows or shut down their pumps and wreck their production capabilities. Trump has bought off the Russians and the Chinese, gotten the entire rest of the Middle East countries on his side and even committing troops, wrecked their missile capabilities, shut down much of their drone capacity, and has most of the people of Iran calling in targeting data and waiting for the go code. These are not right-wing fantasies. They actually happened.
When Trump declared a cease fire, what was left of the Iranian military began madly digging out buried missile tunnels and other facilities, and the US watched every bit of that and has targeted *all* of it if hostilities start again (and the Iranians know that). It will take a day to ruin those unburied facilities. A day.
Trump wants two main things: (1) to dig up and remove all their uranium, and (2) to create a new government that will be a good citizen in the Middle East. He wants the uranium because he can “type” it and will almost certainly find that it is part of the Uranium 1 stores that were smuggled out of the country illegally by Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration (think “Sum of All Fears” level treason). He wants the latter outcome so that the people of Iran can have a chance to rebuild without a bloody civil war. Although he might be smuggling arms in, as I think about it, I suspect that is likely mostly wrong, as Trump does not want a civil war.
Although there is never any certainty here, and it could all get much worse before it gets better, it appears from news this weekend that Pezeshkian is prepared to give up the uranium and commit to Iran becoming a good neighbor. We will see.
If it does work out that way, it will go down in history as one of the greatest victories the US has ever had against such a tough enemy. Taking down Iran was an extremely difficult task, but the planning and execution were both amazingly creative in the use of everything but boots on the ground, and close to perfection in application.
Will we get a good deal? I would think so, since Trump now owns all the cards. But the Iranian government is, or at least has been, run by apocalyptic Shia leaders. They could still decide to self-immolate. So we wait.
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Thank you Steve.
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Thank-you, Charley, for your explanation of “just war.” I was hoping our Church did have a clear explanation. I’m very sorry about another pope who does not read Aquinas. Praying for the Pope, our Church and for us all.
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Charlie you might be hearing from a young man Robert dugoni, he’s an author! I just read his novel, “The Extraordinary Life Of Sam Hell, which was steeped in Catholicism and it even mentioned Lourdes at one point and the mother having a vision of the Blessed Mother! What a great book! Robert is Catholic and grew up in a family of 10! I told him a bit about you and he wants to know more about you and Corac so you may be hearing from him via email or on the site. Don’t know what might come of it but I think you two would like each other very much! God bless and protect you Charlie!
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