> Can’t see this US v Iraq as a ‘just war’ myself, but must respect this
> Christian Iraqi brother of ours for taking such a brave and merciful
> view…
> I hope his expectations of USA are not dashed.
~~~
> |
> | > IN ANOTHER VIEW from the front lines of this war, the
Secretary-General > | > of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Bawai Soro, a native of
Kirkuk, > | > Iraq, had this to say. (This was transcribed and forwarded to
> | > Virtuosity by a reader.)
> | >
> | > “Iraq is now going through a chemotherapy process to purify itself.
And > | > in this respect I not only see the wisdom and the charity and the
> | > justice of what the U.S. is doing but I really commend them for their
> | > courage to do that, for that is blessed by God, and their charity
> | > towards Iraq and the Iraqi people and wanting to help them eliminate
> | > all causes of suffering that this great nation has suffered for so
> | > long.
> | >
> | > “Every decent person will agree that the evil of war is something we
> | > cannot dismiss or we cannot justify but that evil must be accepted
when > | > a greater evil of injustice, oppression or inhumanity could be stopped
> | > by an act of war. It is a necessary evil and I think it’s one way,
and > | > one legitimate way, to interpret theological contemplation on the
level > | > of the just war, the theory of the just war.”
> |
> | From VIRTUOSITY Digest – 22 Mar 2003 to 25 Mar 2003 (#2003-21)
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