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Russia’s Launch of Kamikaze Drones & its War of Terror
Russia has carried out further strikes on residential areas in Kyiv, and other cities, targeting some key energy infrastructure, on the 17th of October, Monday.
A pregnant woman was killed in the attack.
Iran supposedly supplied drones to Russia, which Tehran denies, and there are calls on the EU to sanction Iran.
Putin’s war of terror on Ukraine is not new and I have defended the position that we should classify this war as genocide elsewhere. But I wanted to reiterate some of the arguments in light of the latest news because we cannot turn a blind eye. We must not get used to Putin’s violence.
Needless to say, Putin is not following the principles of a ‘just war.’ According to these principles, which many broadly agree upon, there are numerous causes to go to war that are just. I write about them in more detail here. For our purposes, I’ll outline a few:
- Just cause (Is the reason for war a morally defensible reason, such as in the case of a defense of a nation?)
- Competent authority (Has the war been recognized by a competent authority within a nation?)
- Comparative Justice (Can we tell for sure that the enemy’s actions are morally wrong to the extent that going to war would be morally right?)
