I am back from a long hiatus--I am getting married, after all, and engagement is a busy time. But when being engaged, there's nothing like reading a book on just-war theory, which is what I am currently doing (don't worry, it's only a few pages a day). So I'll likely be sharing some quotes from it.
"The just-war position is made necessary by the fact that we live in the period of the 'already but not yet,' that is, in the temporal period that is characterized by human fallenness and penultimate peace. Like the pacifist, the just warrior is committed to 'putting violence on trial,' in the words of one theorist; and like the pacifist, he will also evaluate life from the perspective of those who suffer and those who are potential victims. At the same time, unlike the pacifist, he will highly qualify peace and find deficient the world's definition of peace, fully aware that some forms of "peace" are oppressive, totalitarian, and therefore unjust."
"Justice without force is a myth, because there are always evil men, and evil men must be hindered. Thus, reasoned political judgments are a necessary reality, which on occasion will require the application of coercive force. And why? Because the very goods of human flourishing are at stake--goods that need protecting."
--J. Daryl Charles and Timothy J. Demy, War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective
http://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Christianity-Questions-Perspective/dp/1433513838/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344914871&sr=1-3&keywords=j.+daryl+charles
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