My basic question: is war ever justifiable? Certainly, there are profits to be made (for a few - and those few…jeez). Yet, given recent wars, and their intensity, can humans learn to transform an apparent ‘need’ for armed conflict and use it for cultural/creative accomplishments?
Furthermore, Just War Theory, shows how through ridiculous, ivory tower speculation a fundamental aspect of a religion is warped. From this distorted place, further and more obscene theories arise. Christianity was originally intended to be pacifist. Constantine couldn’t have an Empire without soldiers willing to fight and die. As time passed, debased doctrines of warlike behavior that co-opt religious traditions to provide ‘cannon-fodder’ continued.
How infectious is the Just War theory? Think of the saying “Onward Christian Soldiers” and ponder what connotation that brings up for most of the United States. This only briefly illustrates how large amounts of people, conditioned to avoid thinking, have swallowed the “blue pill”.