The American military’s insistence on rescuing every missing or captured service member defies economic logic, yet reflects the same moral logic as Christ leaving the ninety-nine to save the one
Mike BerryApril 30, 2026
With the Houthis’ latest missile attacks on Israel during Operation Epic Fury, will Trump finally neutralize the terrorist threat in Yemen?
Michael LuccheseMarch 30, 2026
Despite Pope Leo’s recent condemnation of those who “wage war,” the U.S.–Israeli campaign against Iran is fully in keeping with the Roman Catholic Church’s official doctrine of just war.
Shannon Walsh & Sean Patrick CalabriaMarch 30, 2026
The lesson of 21st-century warfare is not that American power is ineffective. It’s that military success and political victory are not the same thing.
Robert NicholsonMarch 27, 2026
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. – Abraham Lincoln
Mark TooleyMarch 24, 2026
Through a combination of technological precision, geographic removal, and a limited segment of the population engaged in military service, most Americans have become highly insulated from the tragic realities of war
Mike NelsonMarch 24, 2026
While President Trump’s decision to attack Iran has prompted renewed debates over executive war-making power, arguments about the proper roles of the executive and legislature in military action date back to America’s founding
Eamonn BellinMarch 23, 2026
Despite the level of uncertainty swirling around Iran and how the U.S. can be expected to proceed, the truth is that stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons has been a long-stated objective of the Trump administration
Tim MiloschMarch 17, 2026
Since its founding, the Islamic Republic of Iran has spent decades attacking the United States and its ally Israel. Trump’s strikes on Iran are therefore justified under the jus ad bellum criteria of just war theory.
Gregory MooreMarch 6, 2026
