[Mr. Silverback]

From Future Snake Eater's homepage:

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting the ultimate practitioner.
--Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian
as quoted in Black Hawk Down

Let us never forget man's warring ways, and always aspire to tranquillitas ordinis...

[Mr. Silverback]

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Congrats on your exam Mr. S.

FMCDH

[Cicero]

That’s why the primary duty of government is to preserve order, what Augustine called tranquillitas ordinis, the peace that come from right order. It must resist aggression and wage war against those who would harm the innocents out of greed, fanatical religious conviction, or secular ideology. The split today between the United States and Europe arises in large part because Americans still have a residual belief in the Fall and Europe has lost that belief.

Classic Just War theory, traditionally shared by Catholics and Protestants alike. Chuck Colson is a good man.