John M. Swomley

About the author: John M. Swomley is a professor of social ethics at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri.

America's heavy reliance on the use of military force in its "war on terrorism" may be part of a larger effort to expand its global military and economic empire. For example, the military bases created in Afghanistan during the war against terrorism could eventually enable the United States to build an oil pipeline to the Indian Ocean. America's proposed invasion of Iraq—which would surely kill thousands of innocent civilians—may also be motivated by the prospect of gaining control over Iraqi oil fields. Meanwhile...