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Article: A just cause, not a just war.(Afghanistan conflict )
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- Phi Kappa Phi Forum
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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I believe two moral judgements can be made about the war in Afghanistan: The September 11 attack constitutes a crime against humanity and cannot be justified, and the bombing of Afghanistan is also a crime, which cannot be justified.
And yet, voices across the political spectrum, including many on the left, have described this as a "just war." One longtime advocate of peace, Richard Falk, wrote in The Nation that this is "the first truly just war since World War II." Robert Kuttner, another consistent supporter of social justice, declared in The American Prospect that only people on the extreme left could believe this is not a just war.
I have puzzled ...