{"id":20058,"date":"2013-09-06T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T21:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=20058"},"modified":"2013-09-13T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T20:16:22","slug":"september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/","title":{"rendered":" Debating Intervention in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was strong and widespread religious opposition this week to the Obama administration\u2019s proposed military strike against the Assad regime in Syria. We discuss the possibility of a missile strike, and alternatives to it, with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine America.<\/em> “I think the missile strike doesn\u2019t do the most essential thing, which is saving the people of Syria. And we could do more if we spent the money we\u2019re spending on bombs on caring for the refugees,” he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I think the missile strike doesn\u2019t do the most essential thing, which is saving the people of Syria. And we could do more if we spent the money we\u2019re spending on bombs on caring for the refugees,” says Father Drew Christiansen. More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":20060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17695,6037,2583,11054,1390,326],"class_list":["post-20058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-drew-christiansen","tag-just-war","tag-military-intervention","tag-pope-francis-i","tag-refugees","tag-syria","topics-humanitarian","topics-international","topics-war-and-peace","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"\nSeptember 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine "America."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"September 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine "America."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"headline\":\"Debating Intervention in Syria\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":92,\"commentCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Drew Christiansen\",\"Just War\",\"Military Intervention\",\"Pope Francis\",\"refugees\",\"Syria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/\",\"name\":\"September 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"description\":\"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine \\\"America.\\\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/06\\\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\\\/20058\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\",\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/yif\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"September 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine \"America.\"","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"September 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine \"America.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fred Yi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fred Yi"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/"},"author":{"name":"Fred Yi","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"headline":"Debating Intervention in Syria","datePublished":"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/"},"wordCount":92,"commentCount":7,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg","keywords":["Drew Christiansen","Just War","Military Intervention","Pope Francis","refugees","Syria"],"articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/","url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/","name":"September 6, 2013 ~ Debating Intervention in Syria | September 6, 2013 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg","datePublished":"2013-09-06T21:39:52+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-13T20:16:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"description":"Are there alternatives to using military force against the Assad regime in Syria? Watch our conversation with Father Drew Christiansen, former editor of the Jesuit magazine \"America.\"","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/09\/06\/september-6-2013-debating-military-response-to-syria\/20058\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2013\/09\/feat-syria-conversation-1701-800.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47","name":"Fred Yi","url":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/yif\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}