The nuclear option has to be taken off the table
In the unlikely event that President Donald Trump were to order a nuclear strike that would result in large numbers of civilian casualties, Catholic teaching is that military personnel should refuse orders.In other words, don't follow the leader if his thinly veiled threat evolves into an order...
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Veröffentlicht in: | National Catholic Reporter 2017-08, Vol.53 (23), p.20 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In the unlikely event that President Donald Trump were to order a nuclear strike that would result in large numbers of civilian casualties, Catholic teaching is that military personnel should refuse orders.In other words, don't follow the leader if his thinly veiled threat evolves into an order or a plan to use nuclear weapons.Warfare has evolved over the ages from sticks and stones to nuclear weapons. |
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ISSN: | 0027-8939 |