Enemies, Too, Suffer When War Is Waged

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As I write this, American troops are engaged on three fronts: Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Two administrations have told us that innocent people - there and here - will be safer because of our military action.

I am a rabbi, not a geopolitical expert. And this column is not about whether we should or should not be involved in these particular military campaigns. It is about a particular challenge to religion and people of faith when force seems necessary to protect the innocent and to oppose evil.

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Enemies, Too, Suffer When War Is Waged

While some believe that force is never justified, most of us believe that there are times when we must act rather tha...

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