Ron Paul clearly understands the Christian Just War theory. He mentioned the Just War theory in the recent Value Voters debate. You can also listen to Ron Paul’s responses at the Value Voters debate courtesy of RonPaulAudio.com
Ron Paul repeatedly brings up the fact that the U.S. Constitution states that only Congress has the power to declare war, not the president.
Article 1 Section. 8.
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;”
“To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”
Christians need to be reminded of the fact that only congress may declare war, especially in regards to our unconstitutional invasion of Iraq, as well as our eventual invasion of Iran. Ron Paul should be applauded for opposing the unconstitutional invasion of Iraq when the rest of his party chose to ignore the constitution and the wisdom of the founding fathers. Sadly today, many Christians have never even read the constitution and likewise do not understand it. The Federalist Papers are an excellent commentary on the constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They are very appropriate for the issues we are dealing with today. The Ron Paul Library also contains many articles on the issues we are facing today.
