> 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)