Stanley Hauerwas Quotes

In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a crusade. The firebombing of Tokyo by Doolittle and the carpet bombing in Germany, especially by the British, showed that.

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  Stanley Hauerwas
  • World
  • War
  • Mean