Not exact matches
The modern, secular version of the just
war tradition has effectively reduced just cause to self - defense
against an unjust
aggressor.
True Christians were not permitted to serve in the military or otherwise participate in
war or even commit violent acts until the concept of the «just
war» — fighting only when doing so was required to protect the innocent
against an
aggressor — was developed hundreds of years after the death of Christ.
The number of
wars and armed confrontations since 1948 with Arab neighbors, the continued occupation of neighboring territories, and the prevention of the formation of the independent State of Palestine, has made Palestinians, Arab neighbors, and a large section of the Muslim world perceive the State of Israel as the
aggressors and perpetuators of terror
against the Palestinian people.
Basically, if diplomacy will not work, the damage inflicted by the
aggressor is going to be serious and certain, the
war against those damages will not produce greater evils AND Vatican City has a reasonable chance to win the
war, than the Pope may declare
war if he so wishes.
Red Alert is imminent, the
aggressors are already here, defend
against the Russian menace as vigorously as you can in this superb tower defense game situated in World
War 2 era.