Is The War On Iran Justified? (Video description and link)

 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 

3:58 — Ius ad bellum and Ius in bello 

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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