Review: Politics, Justice, and War, Part III | National Catholic Reporter

Review: Politics, Justice, and War, Part III | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The requirement of love in war is an intersting one, as well as abandoning R2P.  That was done exactly once, when Comrade Lenin pulled out of World War I.  The remaining allies ended the war as well and went after Lenin. Presumably they had no love for the Soviets.  The economic warfare of much of the 20th century, and the Iraq war, show no love for those nations who are attacked - who often refuse to export their resources to the first world market as the cause of war.  It would be interesting to see what the spanish speaking sources have to say about that - from the Philipines to Cuba.  Embargos are war, by the way. Of course, going back to my earlier comments on all citizens in the democracy taking the place of the sovereign, it is amazing what we  as beneficiaries of the Pax Americana will have to  pay for our free consumption of the world's goods, backed up, of course, by our armed forces. I think we have left the theoretical here.  I believe the Holy Father recently mentioned something like this in Laudato Si'.