Excellent counter-argument you bring up. The real question would then be whether or not the war is just (I do believe that sanctions intense enough to provoke a revolution is an act of war, especially if purposefully aimed towards it).
St. Thomas Aquinas has three conditions which need to met before a war can be called “just”:
- Does the prince who declares war have the correct authority to do so?
- Does the war declaring nation have just cause to seek redress for an injury done to it?
- Does the party declaring war have just intent in promoting good or avoiding evil?
Ignorant as I am, I'll try to answer these questions:
- Yes, the federal government has the authority to declare war (or enact/influence acts of war by today's modern forms of warfare).
- Who knows who deserves what at this point in the middle east. Redress of injury isn't the goal so much as making Iran predictable.
- I don't know. It's either a desire for stability or a desire to consolidate power. Iran is either a danger worse than North Korea that would use nukes suicidally if they had them, or a country that wishes it had deterrents to safeguard itself from the west.
Answers to questions 2 and 3 aren't clear. That's all I got.
Watch Farscape instead. First season is a bit iffy, but the crew truly ends up becoming a family. The show has a heart and little tidbits of interesting science fiction ideas.
Supernatural was always more for teenage girls tbh.
Naturally, post-birth abortion was always the next step. How else are you going to allow people to be free? Freedom from the bondage of responsibility. Freedom to be selfish.