Thoughts on this war:

-- I am glad there is an end to fighting. Jaw jaw is better than war war.

-- There was no just cause for this war, either on the part of Israel or of the USA.

-- Trump did not have the legal authority to wage this war.

-- Trump's probable motivation was to secure a place in the history books as the president who finally crushed a long standing foe of the USA. Netanyahu saw Trump's vanity and post-Venezuela triumphalism as providing the opportunity to cripple, if not destroy, a regime hostile to Israel's existence and save his won political skin in doing so. Neither constitutes a legitimate intention.

-- The Iranian regime is repressive domestically and destructive beyond its borders. No sympathy is due to this reactionary government. Nevertheless, changing this regime is a task for the people of Iran, not the governments of other countries.

-- Alternatives to war had not been exhausted. Both the US and Israel could have maintained a policy of containment and deterrence. War should always be a last resort.

-- Trump's readiness to believe in Netanyahu's promises of the swift collapse of the Iranian regime is to be faulted, as US intelligence services and credible sources outside the federal government warned that this swift collapse was unlikely. In short, there was no reasonable assurance of success.

-- Mossad's skill at booby trapping pagers does not entail competence at gathering political intelligence.

-- The violence used in this war caused foreseeable and avoidable death, injury, and destruction.

-- As a result of this war, the Iranian regime's ability to repress its own citizens has been strengthened. By their aggressive and ill-informed interference, Trump and Netanyahu have set back the prospect of peaceful and lasting change within Iran.

-- Over most of the world, this war has caused economic harm and undermined trust and security.

-- In the region, this war has aggravated tensions and made the prospect of the peaceful coexistence of peoples diverse in nationality and religion even more difficult to achieve.

This war has been a political and humanitarian disaster, for which both the USA and Israel deserve full blame.

Image: Portraits of victims reportedly killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Tehran on April 13, 2026. Photo: © AFP

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Catholic 'Just War' Doctrine Critiques U.S. Actions in Iran Conflict

📰 Original title: 'Just war' has guided Catholic thinking on conflict for centuries – including criticism of Iran war

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/catholic-just-war-doctrine-critiques-u-s-actions-in-iran-conflict/?redirpost=0fbfad4d-d476-4543-bab6-9ebf6057c68d

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