YouTube Video: Is The War on Iran Just? (https://youtu.be/m2LFFmOrDe8)
Is the war on Iran justified? Not strategically — morally.
In this video, I apply Just War theory — a 1,500-year-old ethical tradition from Augustine and Thomas Aquinas — to Operation Epic Fury and the ongoing war on Iran.
I examine each of the six criteria a war must meet to be considered just:
✦ Just Cause — Was the nuclear threat truly imminent?
✦ Right Intention — Security, or regime change?
✦ Legitimate Authority — Who authorized this war?
✦ Proportionality — Will the consequences exceed the threat?
✦ Last Resort — Were all alternatives exhausted?
✦ Reasonable Prospect of Success — What does victory look like?
The verdict may not be what you expect.
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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 — Is this war just?
1:25 — Just War Theory designed for restraint!
2:10 — Why theory matters
5:31 — The UN Charter and the prohibition of force
7:03 — When sovereignty collapses: the Just War criteria
8:36 — Applying the framework to Iran
18:05 — The verdict
20:31 — Have we entered a post-normative world?
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