And again, this is the law that I gave unto mine ancients, that they should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue, or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.
-Doctrine & Covenants 98:33
Evil is such a dangerous word, isn't it? Well, I'm using it deliberately. Not only has the War in Iraq been the single worst foreign policy disaster in American History, not only were we lied to in the run-up, not only has it been catastrophically mismanaged, and not only has it made us dramatically less safe from terrorists, the war in Iraq is categorically evil.
LDS individuals in America are far-and-away red party faithful, but their personal political leanings cannot hide the truth: Nothing in our doctrine justifies this war and, in fact, our doctrine specifically states that a war like this is evil.
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