May 6th, 2009 | Author: kinkela
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Total number of U.S. Solders killed in Iraq: roughly 4,250.
Total number of U.S. Solders wounded in Iraq: roughly 31,000
Total number of Iraqi Solders killed during war: roughtly 1,320,100.
NPR (National Public Radio) site on casualties: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/tollofwar/tollofwarmain.html
Anitwar site on casualties: http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
Assignment:
Comment on the Iraq war in 3 sentences or more. Choose one of the following option AND BE SURE TO LIST THE NUMBER OF WHICH OPTION YOU’RE DOING.
1. Is the Iraq war meet the Just War specification of avoiding “Greater evils?” So is the United States providing greater violence than the weapons of mass distruction that Iraq was claimed to have? Explain your answer.
2. Did the U.S. government go to war with Iraq only after all alternatives to war such as diplomacy and outside intervention were proven ”impractical or ineffective?” Explain your answer
3. Respond to another person’s post on the Iraq war. Be sure to list 3. for your number, and to list who you are responded to. Remember to be respectiful.
http://costofwar.com/
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May 5th, 2009 | Author: kinkela
St. Augustine
Check out this Website:http://www.catholic.com/library/Just_War_Doctrine_1.asp
The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time:
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Go to the website and answer the following on loose leaf. Refer to website for more information (2 sentences at least per question)
http://www.catholic.com/library/Just_War_Doctrine_1.asp
1. What is the Church’s teaching on war? Didn’t Jesus say “blessed are the poor?”
2. What is meant by “lasting, grave and certain damage?”
3. What is meant by “Other means impractical or ineffective?”
4. What is meant by “Prospects of success?”
5. What is meant by “Greater evils?”
6. After the decision to go to war has been made, what are two other issues necessary to insure justice?
April 25th, 2009 | Author: kinkela
- U.S and War
What the money could buy for Cook County Illinois instead of war
War Facts:
The world spent over $1200 billion dollors in military spending in 2007 alone- that’s about $500 billion in the U.S.
Militarism- war is an acceptable means of resolving conflict.
Discussion Questions (Pick one to answer and answer in 2 sentences. Click under “comment”): 1. Why do you think people war against each other? 2. What is your response to the link about war spending in Illinois?
