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To: Lane3 who wrote (24744)	7/21/2006 8:08:53 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541556

did you read the Aquinas quote I posted and the Catholic definition of just war? It is pretty clear to me what they meant, but if they could use St. Augustine concept to justify the Iraq war .....I give up. (4) The intention of the war is very important for St. Augustine. He says, "'The passion for inflicting harm, the cruel thirst for vengeance, an unpacific and relentless spirit, the fever of revolt, the lust of power, and such things, all these are rightly condemned in war.'"(5) St. Augustine emphasizes the idea of restoration of peace as the main motive of war. He says, "'We do not seek peace in order to be at war, but we go to war that we may have peace. Be peaceful, therefore, in warring, so that you may vanquish those whom you war against, and bring them to the prosperity of peace.'"(6) So in St. Augustine's thinking a war "was limited by its purpose, its authority and its conduct."(7).