Either you were opposed to the growth of Fascism and you went out to fight it, or you acquiesced in its crimes and were guilty of permitting its growth... for myself and many others like me it was a war of principle, and principles do not have a national boundary.
He said the war was not a struggle of mere "sectional character," but a "war of ideas, a battle of principles".
(This also explains why Soviet atrocities committed during the war were not subject to prosecution. The Soviets had been engaged in a war of self-defense, and thus, in principle, had immunity for acts performed in its pursuance).
First, the west didn't "break" Libya in the sense that it did break Iraq, in a war of choice not justified under the true principles of R2P.
Since leaving the RAAF he has published two military treatises, A Fatal Rivalry: Australia's Defence at Risk and War: A Matter of Principles, as well as an autobiography.
In 1990, Evans published his critique of Australian defence policies, A Fatal Rivalry: Australia's Defence at Risk; he followed this in 2000 with War: A Matter of Principles, featuring contributions from senior soldiers and military analysts.
But our Constitution has endured through secession and civil rights – through world war and cold war – because it provides a foundation of principles that can be applied pragmatically; it provides a compass that can help us find our way.
This opposition has coalesced around a set of principles of "just war" -- principles that they feel would be violated if the United States used force against Iraq.
It was a detailed assessment of the psychology of the post-war Soviet regime and recommended a number of principles to guide Washington's dealings with the Kremlin.
For months now, he has reportedly been asking, "Where are my tariffs?" If avoiding a trade war was a matter of principle for Cohn, why did he take the job in the first place?
Many modern American conservatives favor war as a matter of principle.
