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The Cracking Facade: How the Iran Conflict Exposes 'Just War' as the Theology of Empire

The recent US/Israel conflict with Iran has revived discourse on 'Just War' theory, a philosophical framework historically used to morally regulate warfare. This discourse lays bare the unsettling hypocrisy of a 'civilized' international order built upon Western Christian exceptionalism, a doctrine that has long justified colonial violence while now fracturing under the weight of its own contradictions.