Episode 7: Peter Lucier, writer, veteran (Afghanistan)

Peter Lucier served as a Marine Infantryman from 2008-13 and deployed to Afghanistan from 2011-13. His writing has been published in America, The Revealer, and Task & Purpose, among other venues. Today he talks about why we have war, why he went to war, and the path of reconciliation he found upon coming home.0:00 Intro and background on the article "Not Your Messiah"4:12 Do we need vets to validate our feelings about war? 9:10 Why do we have war? 16:27 Polytropos20:30 Growing up Catholic and exposure to Just War Theory22:56 Marine brother says, "Don't do it" (He does it)25:23 Belief in redemptive violence, religiosity in war29:44 Coming home31:53 Do you question whether what you did was wrong? 38:30 Homecoming and reconciliation44:47 Lament and "thank you for your service"49:29 Theology of Justification vs. Politics of Penance57:47 "Pilgrimage" to Montana1:00:00 Reparation1:04:48 What would you tell one of your high school students if he said he wanted to go into the military? 1:09:22 Future plans (Sorry! Pete's camera looked completely centered when we did the interview on Skype.) Find us at: www.catholicsagainstmilitarism.comPodcast/RSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171Find Pete at: https://twitter.com/PeterLucierPete's articles mentioned in the podcast: "Not Your Messiah"https://therevealer.org/not-your-mess..."As a Soldier I was Loved for My Sins, Now I Must Repent for Them"https://www.americamagazine.org/faith...Other mentions: Post-Traumatic God, by David Petershttps://www.amazon.com/Post-Traumatic...PoliticsSupport the showFind CAM here:  https://catholicsagainstmilitarism.comRSS feed: http://www.buzzsprout.com/296171​Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/CAMpodcast