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—Nelson Mandela
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.
—James Cameron
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.
—John Lennon
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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neo-CONNED!
neo-CONNED!
Just War Principles: A Condemnation of War in Iraq
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- Edited by John Sharpe, and D. L. O'Huallachain
- Foreword by Bp. Hilarion Capucci
- Introduction by George A. Lopez Ph.D.
The editors of Neo-CONNED! have assembled an all-star lineup of journalists, academics, and commentators who bring to bear the wisdom of Catholic tradition and the prudence, realism, and common sense of authentic patriotism on the tragic and immoral 21st-century war against Iraq.
The vocal apologetic for war in Iraq of neoconservative Catholics, along with the muted response of the American Catholic Hierarchy, kept anti-war Catholics on the defensive in the months leading up to the war, and caused a spectacle of Catholic powerlessness in the face of an aggressive, self-proclaimed “Christian” presidency.
The thirty-one essays and interviews in Neo-CONNED! succeed in righting that wrong, setting forth in clear and persuasive terms the Catholic and genuinely patriotic objection to war in Iraq, based upon both the venerable just-war tradition and solid political analysis. They also refute the most pernicious myths about religion, war, and Christian citizenship, arguing from Catholic doctrine and solid logic that God, the Church, and conscience take precedence over the government in determining both the justice of a war and morally acceptable courses of action for Christians who are called upon to support it.
The essays and interviews in Neo-CONNED! dissect the moral and religious aspects of the war in Iraq with unparalleled precision and honesty, while the appendices explain just-war doctrine and conscientious objection in absolutely orthodox terms. Together they represent the best in contemporary moral and political analysis.
Foreword —Bishop Hilarion Capucci
Introduction —Prof. George A. Lopez, Ph.D.
I. The Statesmen Speak: A War Unnecessary and Vain
1. The (Bogus) Case Against Saddam —An Interview with Jude Wanniski, R.I.P.
Postscript: The “Oppression of the Shiites” —Muhammad al-Baghdadi
Postscript: The Adverse Consequences Economic Sanctions Had on the Enjoyment of Human Rights in Iraq —Marc Bossuyt, Ph.D., J.D.
Postscript: The Real “Oil-for-Food” Scandal —Prof. Joy Gordon, Ph.D.
2. Whose War? —Patrick J. Buchanan
II. Conservative and Anti-War: Patriotism, Prudence and the Moral Law
3. Refuge of Scoundrels: Patriotism, True and False, in the Iraq War Controversy —Samuel Francis, Ph.D.
4. On Morals, Motives and Men —Joe Sobran
5. Legal Nonsense —Charley Reese
6. Riding the Red Horse: War and the Chances of Success —Thomas Fleming, Ph.D.
7. A Mirage Too Far —Eric S. Margolis
8. The Failure of War —Wendell Berry
9. A Conservative War? —Prof. Paul Gottfried, Ph.D.
III. The Venerable Tradition: Putting the Breaks on Aggression and Securing Justice for Iraq
10. Might Is not Right: Why “Preventive War” Is Immoral —Fr. Juan Carlos Iscara
11. Epistemic Inadequacy, Catholic Just War Criteria, and the War in Iraq —Prof. Thomas Ryba, Ph.D.
12. A Review of the Literature: Exposing the Fallacies in Defense of the Invasion of Iraq —David Gordon, Ph.D.
13. Iraq: Sovereignty and Conscience —Prof. James Hanink, Ph.D.
IV. Judgment and Inspiration: The Church Still Speaks With Authority
14. To Whom Should We Go? Legitimate Authority and Just Wars —Prof. William T. Cavanaugh, Ph.D.
15. A Moment of Moral Crisis: The Lent 2003 letter of Bishop John Michael Botean
Postscript: The Bishop Explains —Bishop John Michael Botean
Postscript: A Canonist Comments —Edward Peters, J.C.D., J.D.
16. Peace Is Still Possible: The Unity of the Church in the Face of the Iraq War —Deacon Keith Fournier, Esq.
V. A Higher Law: Conscience, Morality and the Transcendent Vision
17. Decadent, Belligerent, and Incorrigible —Prof. John Rao, D.Phil.
18. Setting Just Limits to New Methods of Warfare —Robert Hickson, USA (ret.), Ph.D.
19. The Morality of Weapons Systems —Paul Likoudis
20. Christian Killers? —Laurence M. Vance, Ph.D.
21. Is Conscientious Objection a Moral Option? —Peter E. Chojnowski, Ph.D.
22. The Sounds of Conscience —former Army Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia
Appendix to Section V. A Tribunal-Eric Gill
VI. Speaking With Authority: The True Just War Doctrine as a Light for Our Time
Appendix I. Just War Doctrine: The Metaphysical and Moral Problem —Fr. Franziskus Stratmann, O.P.
Appendix II. Modern War Is to Be Absolutely Forbidden —Alfredo Cardinal. Ottaviani
Appendix III. A Study of the Development of Church Teaching on Matters of War and Peace —Prof. Romano Amerio
- dust jacket
- authors’ and editors’ annotations
- editors’ commentaries
- suggestions for further reading
- contributors’ biographical sketches
Mark J.
Oct 30, 2021
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