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75. Even in 1971, he was not against war ever - in fact, at the hearings

Reply to CranialRectaLoopback (Reply #74)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:32 PM

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he said that if the US were attacked, he would rejoin. He stayed in the ready reserves when he had the choice not to.

He has always said - and meant - that war should be a last resort. He said in January 2003 that Bush should not rush to war - and that if he did it was not the last resort. Do you remember how often he used that phrase in 2004? Do you have any idea what it means? It means, to Catholics, that it is not a just war.

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