As nuclear rhetoric rises and drones change who pays the price, Navy SEAL David Rutherford walks through 2,000 years of just war thinking from Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas to Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan. Then he weighs the realists who say power is all that matters, and ends with the questions every American should ask before the next war.

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0:00 Intro: The Drums of War
7:06 Drones, Nukes and Netanyahu's AI Image
15:00 Cicero: Can War Ever Be Just?
20:40 Black Rifle Coffee
31:21 Augustine: The Sin Isn't the Sword
42:38 Aquinas' Test and the Moving Goalposts on Iran
54:08 The Strong Do What They Can
1:02:31 Geneva, Nukes and Who Pays
1:19:53 Would You Send Your Neighbor's Child?

As nuclear rhetoric rises and drones change who pays the price, Navy SEAL David Rutherford walks through 2,000 years of just war thinking from Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas to Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan. Then he weighs the realists who say power is all that matters, and ends with the questions every American should ask before the next war.
Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ 0:00 Intro: The Drums of War 7:06 Drones, Nukes and Netanyahu's AI Image 15:00 Cicero: Can War Ever Be Just? 20:40 Black Rifle Coffee 31:21 Augustine: The Sin Isn't the Sword 42:38 Aquinas' Test and the Moving Goalposts on Iran 54:08 The Strong Do What They Can 1:02:31 Geneva, Nukes and Who Pays 1:19:53 Would You Send Your Neighbor's Child?

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don’t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth. 

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don&rsquo;t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth.&nbsp;

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Dave Rutherford Show: The Morality of War - Would You Send Your Neighbor's Kid?

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