> However, there is a considerable gap between resisting or evading immediate
> attack, and planning war.
Absolutely, and that is one of the distinctions that lie at the core of the just war theory. A war of aggression is not, by defintion, just; a war of self-defense may be just. This begs the key issue of where one draws the line between wars of aggression and wars of self-defense, but it does allow us to begin to think more clearly and precisely about these questions.
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