War In Iraq

[DAF]

[quote]He had some really big guns and biological waeapons at some point during the 1980's and 1990's but he doesn't have anymore or he would have used them on us when we invaded his country. [/quote]
I reject your second premise and respond that no idiot with half a brain would have invited a total raping (please excuse the language) when he thought he had a chance of coving his tail and getting away. Don't forget, he still had the sympathy of the crazed muslim fanatics and looney toones liberals blinded by their hatred for George Bush. And what do you know, he lived! Go figure.
I'm not saying he did or didn't have WMD, I'm simply refuting your arbitrary and mistaken observation.

[Semperviva]

someone made the point that "pre-emptive" war is not really covered in just war theory

[Era Might]

No, it's not. From a Zenit interview with then-Cardinal Ratzinger:

[quote]Q: Eminence, a topical question that in a certain sense is inherent to the Catechism: Does the Anglo-American war against Iraq fit the canons of a "just war"?

Cardinal Ratzinger: The Pope expressed his thought with great clarity, not only as his individual thought but as the thought of a man who is knowledgeable in the highest functions of the Catholic Church. Of course, he did not impose this position as doctrine of the Church but as the appeal of a conscience enlightened by faith.

The Holy Father's judgment is also convincing from the rational point of view: There were not sufficient reasons to unleash a war against Iraq. [b]To say nothing of the fact that, given the new weapons that make possible destructions that go beyond the combatant groups, today we should be asking ourselves if it is still licit to admit the very existence of a "just war."[/b]

[url="http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=34882"]http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=34882[/url][/quote]
Interestingly, he says we need to start asking whether a war can even be just in a modern context. He doesn't answer the question, but he does pose it.