Mr. Obama, no war is just

Mr. Obama, like you, I have read the beautifully crafted speech that you delivered when accepting the Nobel peace prize. Unlike you, I do not believe what it says. In that speech, you fail to consider too many important facts. Mr. Obama, in that speech, you remind us of the old concept of a just war. You fail to consider that every war in history has killed and maimed good, innocent, people. Every war in history has deprived parents of their children and children of their parents. Every war in history has deprived non-combatants of their homes and their way of earning a living. Every war in history has led to the displacement or disenfranchisement of non-combatants. You must admit that this "collateral damage" is unjust and that, consequently there can be no just war. Those who have lived through a war know this; politicians protected by a team of thousands seem to forget. Mr. Obama, in that speech, you correctly reminded us that, "Evil does exist in the world." You fail to consider that in every war both sides think that their opponent is evil; no leader of a nation going into war thinks that he, or his nation, is evil.