Document. Ed Skillin with a short note to Zahn attatched to Steinfels' article ~ Just War Theory: A Question ~ 1-page essay concerning just war theory ~ Steinfels speaks of the evils of the Vietnam war and quotes Zahn saying that the war is not over until all the loose ends are tied up and the lesson is learned. Steinfels questions Zahn's position that a tribunal council should meet and try to retrospectively apply the just war theory (in order to ultimately prove the theory is outdated). Steinfels says that the theory is useful, however it is difficult to apply "prospectively," especially the priciple of proportionality because it is impossible to predict the extent of the escalation of the war. ~ Commonweal ~ 478