There are many false assertions in the media about many aspects of current events. The mainstream media slants and lies about many things. Also, much of the so-called “conservative” media slants, lies and/or is not objective about at least some things. So for example, Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire are supposed to be conservative but they so strongly and uncritically support Israel that they would predictably support whatever Israel does, including Israel’s attacks on Iran.

But based on our best information, it seems clear that Trump’s Iran war is unjust on two grounds:

1. The U.S. and Israel Attacked Preemptively: Trump tried to defend his starting the war based on the questionable supposition that Iran was about to attack the U.S. Here are Trump’s words:

If we didn’t do it, they [Iran] were going to attack first.¹

This is unjust because it is a mortal sin and is unjust to attack a country because of the supposition that that other country plans to attack (although has not begun actually doing so).

2. The U.S. and Israel Unreasonably Kill Innocent Non-Combatants, especially women and children. Very many non-combatants have been killed in the Iran war. This is like Israel inexcusably butchering women and children in Gaza.

   It does not seem correct that Trump is taking sufficient measures to avoid killing innocent non-combatants. One proof of this fact is that he has even openly threatened the mass murder of innocent non-combatants. Here are Trump’s words at the time of one of his threatened deadlines:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to ​be brought back ​again.² 

It is true that Iran similarly kills innocent non-combatants but two wrongs do not make a right.

It is a mortal sin to fail to make all reasonable efforts in a war to spare the lives of innocent non-combatants. Trump’s Iran war seems to fail to spare and protect such non-combatants.

Because the U.S. war is unjust (based on the best information we have), Trump and those others who are responsible appear to be guilty of thousands of murders in cold blood.

One Further Question about the Iran War:

If the U.S. is Not the “Good Side” of the War,
Does that Make Iran the “Good Side”?

Although the U.S. certainly appears unjust in starting and conducting this war, this does not mean that Iran is the “good side” in this war. Iran’s government and populace are largely against Christ, the Son of God, against His Church and against the Natural Law and justice.

So Iran is not the “good side”, even though the U.S. is not either.

Just as there is no good side in the Iran war, we see that some other wars do not have a “good side” either. However, it would often be that one side is less-bad than the other side. This is like the situation where two rival drug gangs are killing each other’s members while engaged in a “turf war” in a city. It need not be that one of those drug gangs must be the “good side” – although one side could be less-bad than the other.

Bottomline: The U.S. war against Iran is unjust, inexcusable, and is the occasion of thousands of murders in cold blood – which are grave mortal sins.