Ep. 272: Neutrality in the fight against genocidal terror isn’t moral

About this episode

The episode discusses the moral implications of neutrality in the context of genocidal terror, particularly regarding Iran and Israel.

President Trump should have ignored Pope Leo’s comments, and non-Catholics should respect the papacy’s symbolism. But treating Iran as morally equivalent to Israel or America is still wrong.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Tobin

Topics covered

• neutrality
• genocidal terror
• morality
• Iran
• Israel
• politics

Keywords

• neutrality
• genocidal terror
• morality
• Iran
• Israel
• Trump
• Pope Leo

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, Israel, America

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