[ovrtaxt]

But Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a candidate drawing about 2 percent in opinion polls, opposed a nuclear strike on moral grounds and because he believed Iran was no threat to U.S. national security. "We, in the past, have always declared war in defense of our liberties or go to aid somebody," Paul said. "But now we have accepted the principle of preemptive war. We have rejected the just war theory of Christianity."

His ignorance of the goals of radical Islam is appalling.

This isn't 'pre-emptive' in the sense that Augustine speaks of an unjust war. It's a pre-emptive strike to head of the ESCALATION OF A WAR THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.

There's absolutely nothing unjust about self defense.

[Aquinasfan]

This isn't 'pre-emptive' in the sense that Augustine speaks of an unjust war. It's a pre-emptive strike to head of the ESCALATION OF A WAR THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.

If you're saying that Iran is waging a proxy war against us in Iraq, then you have a good point. I tend to agree, especially since Iran is led by a lunatic.