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You write:
"The reason I refrain from advocating the doctrine of pacifism -- that there is no such thing as a just war -- isn't because I'm bending over backwards to strike a serious or reasonable posture.
It's because I don't believe in that doctrine. I disagree with you that there's no such thing as a just war. Did that possibility really not occur to you?"
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Dear Glenn: I'm not sure you appreciated the fact that I clad the word "necessary" in my prior comment (much as you might see in this sentence) in quotation marks.
Has it never occurred to you that there may be unjust wars that, nevertheless, must be prosecuted...at least according to the prosecuting party?
More importantly, you have mistaken my profound distaste for war with pacifism. But don't worry; it's a common mistake.
There may exist "just wars." There may even be "necessary wars" on this vast planet of ours.
I respectfully request examples of such wars to be posted on this thread.
Thank you.
