[Avodah] Why is Milchemes Reshus allowed?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Richard Wolpoe wrote:
> Just re-interpret this to include the case that if you ignore
> or refuse to confront a hostile nation then one day you will
> need to fight them anyway. and this is still Reshus ...
> Simlarly Milhemet Reshus may be construed as a preemptive war
> against a hostile nation that sooner or later will attack.

If you want to consider a preemptive war as being a Milchemes Reshus, I don't have a problem with that. My problem is that there are other types of Milchemes Reshus too, in which we seem to be attacking a nation which was *not* hostile to us. *Those* are the cases that bother me.

Akiva Miller