bello bellow

In his writings about conduct of soldiers and their governments once the war has begun, Jus in Bello, St. Aquinas says that there must be proportionality.  The offensive force should not annihilate the defenders if the initial crime resulted in the death of few. Proportional to the wrongs endured. One death is more than should be killed, but when the death toll of Iraqis is beyond 100,000 where as the deaths recorded on 9/11 were nowhere near that. The fact that the country of Iraq is in shambles and the government is essentially in the control of their conquerors, is evidence enough of the obvious disproportional force used.