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Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, has warned that U.S. troops could refuse an order to attack Greenland on grounds of conscience. Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday program, he said Catholic service members “could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.” While acknowledging that it would be difficult to defy a direct order, he maintained that “within the realm of their own conscience it would be morally acceptable to disobey.”
Broglio, whose archdiocese ministers to Catholic service members, condemned the idea outright. Greenland, he said, “is a territory of Denmark and Denmark is an ally,” so it “does not seem really reasonable that the United States would attack and occupy a friendly nation.” He recalled issuing a statement in December denouncing a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat and insisting that the moral principle forbidding the intentional killing of noncombatants “is inviolable.” Any assault on Greenland, he warned, “doesn’t seem necessary, doesn’t seem acceptable” and would violate the “proper” moral way to respond to crises. Such rhetoric, he added, tarnishes America’s image abroad.
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Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, has warned that U.S. troops could refuse an order to attack Greenland on grounds of conscience. Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday program, he said Catholic service members “could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.” While acknowledging that it would be difficult to defy a direct order, he maintained that “within the realm of their own conscience it would be morally acceptable to disobey.”
Broglio, whose archdiocese ministers to Catholic service members, condemned the idea outright. Greenland, he said, “is a territory of Denmark and Denmark is an ally,” so it “does not seem really reasonable that the United States would attack and occupy a friendly nation.” He recalled issuing a statement in December denouncing a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat and insisting that the moral principle forbidding the intentional killing of noncombatants “is inviolable.” Any assault on Greenland, he warned, “doesn’t seem necessary, doesn’t seem acceptable” and would violate the “proper” moral way to respond to crises. Such rhetoric, he added, tarnishes America’s image abroad.
US Military Archbishop: ‘Morally Acceptable To Disobey’ Attack on Greenland - News From Antiwar.com
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, has warned that U.S. troops could refuse an order to attack Greenland on grounds of conscience. Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday program, he said Catholic service members “could be put in a situation where they’re being...
news.antiwar.com
i would have thought that america's image abroad is in the toilrt
comrade stalin
moscow
