At the upcoming Iowa Christian Alliance dinner, I would be interested to see Ron Paul give a talk on the devastating effects war has upon families. In this war, families of Marines and Soldiers have seen loss of consortium, divorce, and death. As for the families in Iraq, we've seen the death of inocents, especially children. With war comes inflation. With war comes a shortening of time preferences. With war comes great calamaties for families to which nobody wins. And with the world's Greatest War, WWII, has come a generation of some of the most self-centered, megalomaniacal people the world has ever seen, babyboomers.
The so called pro-life, pro family movement has really failed to focus on the detrimental effects war has upon the family. As such, we Catholics must do our part to help these extremely disadvantaged people on both sides of the war.
CK
Ron Paul has three main points in his opposition to the war, neither of which are the position of any of the Democratic candidates.
The first is that the Constitution of the United States specificly forbids going to war without Congress declaring war. (Article I, Section 8)
Second, he is disturbed by the shift in public policy from the Christian "Just War Theory" to one of "Preemptive War".
And finally, the war and the stationing of our troops over seas is bankrupting our nation and placing our own nation at risk of invasion. Therefore, he wants to bring them home to defend our own borders.
Posted by: Tom Walsh | October 16, 2007 at 10:16 AM