[jmacusa]

Madame, you miss my point. Yes there is the tyrant who must be vanquished by the just but the crime of war, for what ever reason is a crime unto to nature, unto God, it is the crime of covetousness, greed, the lust for power, the love of killing. Righteousness prevails but war by it’s nature is a crime.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We may not, after defining all our words and parsing every sentence, be as fear apart as we may think, but I must say that while resort to arms is dreadful, all war is not a crime or a sin. That is a position common to religious pacifists,who understand that if it is a sin, that means we must not do it because it is forbidden by Almighty God. But I do not think that's your position. The vows of Crusaders, take in themselves, as pledges of obedience to God, would be pledges against "covetousness, greed, the lust for power, the love of killing." St.Joan of Arc would have understood it that way. Probably King Louis IX as well.