War and Peace

WHY ISLAM IS VIOLENT

Islamic civilization is unstable and unsustainable. By Daniel Greenfield, June 7, 2016 Islamic violence is nearly impossible to deny. But why is Islam violent? The usual answer is to point to Koranic verses calling for the conquest and subjugation of non-Muslims. That certainly covers the... read more

Advocates for Women in Combat Value Diversity over Victory

BY JUDE EDEN, JUNE 7, 2016 The prospect of drafting women is exposing some of the second-order consequences of fully integrating the combat arms. Constitutionally speaking, women’s combat exemption was the primary circumstance standing between America’s young women and registration for... read more

Is Just War Theory Obsolete?

BY ANDREW LATHAM, MAY 24, 2016 In an essay that appeared recently on National Catholic Reporter online, Professor Terrence Rynne of Marquette University offered five reasons that support abandoning Catholic Just War Theory and toward what he calls a positive vision of peace: Modern wars have... read more

Obama’s speech at Hiroshima was an oratorial gem

... in which he said nothing and gave nothing away By Michael Cook | Jun 1 2016 To borrow from Winston Churchill’s quip about Russia, the mind of Barack Obama is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. Here we have an American President visiting Vietnam and announcing that... read more

Obama’s Hiroshima Speech Reflects His Unrealistic View of History

Bruce Klingner   / May 27, 2016 President Barack Obama’s speech at Hiroshima was a poignant discourse on the horrors of war. He spoke eloquently of the death of innocent lives and the hope for a better tomorrow. But his trip is fraught with the potential for misinterpretation. As the end... read more

The Sorry State of Our Military: Is It Happenstance or Design?

Written by Benny Huang  Created: 17 May 2016 Our military is a mess. Don’t assume it’s accidental. How it must have pained Marine Corps General John Paxton to tell Congress that his service might not be prepared for war. The Assistant Commandant, who has racked up forty-two years of... read more

Encyclical on just war theory ‘plausible’, says cardinal

by Staff Reporter, posted 26 Apr 2016 Cardinal Peter Turkson has called for a 'broad and deeply felt' debate on just war theory Cardinal Peter Turkson, the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has called for a “broad and deeply felt” debate on the question of just war... read more

Is Dorothy Day Suitable for Canonization?

BY BRANDON O'BRIEN, APRIL 19, 2016 It always seemed as if Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, was in trouble for something. A 1956 article in the New York Times describes an instance in which Day was fined $250 for being the landlord of a building that failed to comply with the... read more

Just war theory should be abandoned, says conference hosted by Vatican

by Associated Press, posted 15 Apr 2016 Conference attendees called for a new way of thinking 'consistent with Gospel nonviolence' Participants at a conference hosted by the Vatican have called for the Catholic Church to renounce its just war doctrine and for Pope Francis to write an... read more

US embassy: Saint Peter’s Basilica a potential terrorist target

Rome, Italy, Nov 19, 2015 / 04:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- St. Peter’s Basilica tops the list of potential targets for terrorist attacks in Rome and Milan, the U.S. Embassy in Rome said Wednesday, in the wake of Islamic State militants’ Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. “Terrorist groups may possibly... read more

Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army

By Greg Jaffe, September 18, 2015 President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services. Fanning, 47, has been a specialist on national... read more

Nagasaki’s Ghandi

Islam A Religion Of War