In order to be just, a war must have (among other things) a just goal and must be fought according to just and prorportionate means.  What are the goals for staying in Iraq and is the death and destruction that our presence is likely to entail proportionate to those goals?  This is not a trick question.  

Eduardo M. Peñalver is president of Seattle University. The views expressed in this piece are his own and do not represent the views of Seattle University.

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