On Selective Pacifism & other Oddities

[Luke Weiger]

> I don't get it. If I oppose _this_ war, I have to oppose _every_ war? Why?
> What's wrong with traditional just war theory, taught at the Point and
> Annapolis, under which it can beargued that some wars, e.g., the wara
gainst
> the Nazis. is just, but some other wars, like the US invasion of Vietnam,
or
> theSoviet invasion of Afghanistan, or this war, is unjust? jks

Max is (correctly) pointing out that many non-pacifist leftists use
arguments that are de facto pacifistic (because they apply to all wars) to
justify their opposition.  To put a Schwartzian query to you, what's there
not to get?

-- Luke