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Entry: Thoughts on the the Antichrist: Part I, The Inversion of Values Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/thoughts_on_the_the_antichrist_i_the_inversion_of_values#622 Post contents: Excellent essay! Thank you, Mr. Richert. My impression is that Catholic opinion in the US is turning against the Iraq war, as has public opinion in general. The reason for this, of course, is that the war is costly and success is nowhere in sight - indeed it cannot even be defined. So the change in opinion represents no change in moral insight on the part of Catholics, but at least there is the opportunity to point out that John Paul II and Benedict XVI were right to begin with. Unhappily, I know of no case in history where a nation sincerely repented a war of aggression which it was in the process of winning. Wars are repented by the aggressors when they are lost or being lost, or when the cost of aggression mounts too high. Sent at: 2008 11 22