The hopes of religious pacifists notwithstanding, a credible threat of force is necessary to counter the evil caused by tyrants.
Read more on First Things: http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/03/just-war-revisited-and-revitalized
Revitalizing Just War https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/03/revitalizing-just-war/
About the author: George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, where he holds the William E. Simon chair in Catholic studies. His To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II was published in October, 2022.