Readings on the Iraq War Debate / "War on Terror"

2007

Russell Shaw: The Iraq Debate: The War Was Unjust December 12, 2007.
The Iraq Debate: The War was Just December 12, 2007.
The Iraq Debate: Robert Reilly's First Response December 13, 2007.
The Iraq Debate: Russell Shaw's First Response December 13, 2007.
The Iraq Debate: Russell Shaw's Closing Statement December 14, 2007.
The Iraq Debate: Robert R. Reilly's Closing Statement December 14, 2007.

2006

Christian Just War Theory and Moral Laxism: A Chronically Misleading Episcopal Witness, by (Rev.) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy. Center for Christian Nonviolence. May 2006. [.pdf format]
U.S. Catholic Bishops' Statement on Iraq full text of Bishop Thomas Wenski's statement "Toward a Responsible Transition in Iraq," January 12, 2006.

2005

Second Thoughts on Moral Culpability, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. LewRockwell.com December 6, 2005.
Just War?, by Craig White. LewRockwell.com. April 7, 2005.
Bush v. Benedict, by Daniel McCarthy. The American Conservative August 29, 2005.

2004

"One Nation Under God" - Richard J. Neuhaus in Time of War, by Michael J. Baxter, University of Notre Dame. Houston Catholic Worker, Vol. XXV, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2005.
The War in Iraq: How Catholic conservatives got it wrong, by Peter Dula. Commonweal December 3, 2004 / Volume CXXXI, Number 21. [Full Text]
What Is a Just War?, by Garry Wills. New York Review of Books Volume 51, Number 18· November 18, 2004.

• "Arguing About War", By Jean Bethke Elshtain, Reply by Garry Wills. New York Review of Books Volume 51, Number 20· December 16, 2004.
A Year After Iraq: Catholic Just War Doctrine, by Fr. Alfonso Aquilar, LC. National Catholic Register March 28, 2004.
Preemptive War: What would Aquinas say?, by Gregory M. Reichberg. Commonweal Magazine January 30, 2004.

2003

What the War Revealed, by David Quinn. Crisis October 2003.
At Odds with the Pope: Legitimate Authority and Just Wars, by William T. Cavanaugh is associate professor of theology at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [First published in Commonweal May 23, 2003].
The Use and Abuse of Just-War Theory, by Michael M. Uhlmann. The Claremont Institute, June 4, 2003.
Just war theory, by Rodrigue Tremblay. Humanist, May-June, 2003.
Preemptive war: a prelude to global peril?, by Charles W. Kegley, Jr. USA Today, May, 2003.
Vatican: Both Sides to Blame for Failure to Disarm America Vol. 188, No. 12. April 7, 2003.
War No More? - How much of a pacifist is the Pope?, by William McGurn. Wall Street Journal March 28, 2003.
Has the Holy Father Condemned the U.S. Action [in Iraq]?, by Carl Olson. Envoy Encore March 26, 2003.
The Vatican: When There Is No Peace. National Review, March 10, 2003.
Peace: How to Achieve It?, by Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete. Traces March 2003.
No to War, by John F. Kavanaugh. America February 17, 2003.
Will war come?, Commonweal, Feb. 14, 2003.
Church of the Peacenicks, by Rod Dreher. NRO [National Review Online]. Feb. 7, 2003.
Whither the ‘Just War’? by Drew Christiansen. America Vol. 188 No. 10. March 24, 2003.
Pre-emptive Strike: a Two-Edged Sword. Archbishop George Pell. The Australian Feb. 4, 2003.

2002

Just and unjust wars: a diplomat's perspective, by Richard Holbrooke. Social Research, Winter, 2002.
The triumph of just war theory (and the dangers of success), by Michael Walzer. Social Research, Winter, 2002.
Looking for Justice: Applying the just-war tradition, by John F. Cullinan. NRO Online. Dec. 19, 2002.
An Ethical Analysis of War Against Iraq, by Gerard F. Powers. Director, Office of International Justice and Peace United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Written in conjunction with a symposium entitled, "Would An Invasion of Iraq be a Just War?" The symposium, held on December 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C., was sponsored by the Religion and Peacemaking Initiative of the U.S. Institute of Peace.
The Bishops & Iraq: where was the coverage?, by Paul Moses. Commonweal, Nov 22, 2002.
War and the Eclipse of Moral Reasoning, by Dr. Philip Blosser. Presented by Dr. Blosser at the Tenth Annual Aquinas/Luther Conference held October 24-26, 2002 at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Preemption, aggression and Catholic teaching: Iraq war highlights problems of seeking justice through force, by Joe Feuerherd. National Catholic Reporter, Oct 25, 2002.
On the War Path. Commonweal Oct. 11, 2002.
A Just War?, by Jean Bethke Elshtain, Boston Globe, Oct 6, 2002.
20 reasons to overthrow Saddam: the media say the Bush team hasn't made its case for invading Iraq. But statements by Dick Cheney make clear why the U.S. will invade Iraq and finish off Saddam, by J. Michael Walker. Insight on the News, Sept 30, 2002.
Iraq & just-war thinking: the presumption against the use of force, by George A. Lopez. Commonweal, Sept 27, 2002.
Indefensible war, by Miroslav Volf. Christian Century September 25, 2002.
Perils of Preemptive War: Why America's place in the world will shift -- for the worse -- if we attack Iraq, by William Galston. The American Prospect Volume 13, Issue 17. September 23, 2002.
Listening to Pacifists, by Darrell Cole. First Things 125 (August/September 2002): 22-25.
Should we attack Iraq?", by John Langan, S.J. America September 9, 2002.
Just war divide: one tradition, two views, by David P. Gushee. Christian Century, August 14, 2002.
Iraq: don't go there, by George Hunsinger. Christian Century, August 14, 2002.
"Hawks, Doves, and Pope John Paul II, By Father Drew Christiansen, S.J. America, August 12, 2002.
Bush's "first strike" threat: Can it be justified?, by William Bole. Our Sunday Visitor June 23, 2002.
Just-War Theory, Catholic Morality, And The Response To International Terrorism, a talk by Mark S. Latkovic. The Catholic Faith May/June 2002.
Some Reflections On The Present War, by Martin K. Barrack. The Catholic Faith May/June 2002.

2001

• The Rules of the Game: Just War Doctrine Hoover Institution Panel Discussion with Rev. Robert Sirico (President, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty); Rev. William McLennan (Dean of Religious Life, Stanford University) and Rabbi Daniel Lapin (President, Toward Tradition). November 14, 2001.
  Terrorism & Just War, by Martin L. Cook, Glen Stassen, Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson. Christian Century Nov. 14, 2001.
  Osama bin Laden and the Just Conduct of War, by John Kelsay. America October 2001.
  

1999

War: Beyond the hawks and the doves "In the wake of Kosovo, Catholic leaders ponder whether traditional moral approaches to warfare still make sense," by William Bole. Our Sunday Visitor July 4, 1999.