The US war in Iran is on pause, at least of this writing. An unstable cease-fire could end next week with a resumption of hostilities—or, potentially, with the conclusion of this war. The one silver lining of a conflict initiated without a clear or consistent rationale is that it can wind down the same way.
But even if peace comes that soon, American Christians can’t pretend we haven’t seen what our leaders have done this spring. Ours is no longer a government interested in haggling over the finer points of just war theory, a Scripture-shaped standard of ethical conduct in warfare, to defend a military intervention. It is instead flirting with dispensing with that standard altogether, using the language and symbols of our faith while ignoring its substance.
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