Foundations

War in Iraq

kinkela — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:00:03 +0000

See additional images:www.pigbird.com/images_war.html

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/

Just War Theory

kinkela — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:00:27 +0000

St. Augustine

Check out this Website:http://www.catholic.com/library/Just_War_Doctrine_1.asp

JUST WAR DOCTRINE

From paragraph 2309 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It says:

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:

the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
there must be serious prospects of success;
the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.

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?

War

kinkela — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:11:40 +0000

: 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?

Register!

kinkela — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:33:29 +0000