He comes to this conclusion:
The Ecumenical Call discusses the justifiable use of armed force, and concludes “there are extreme circumstances where, as the last resort and the lesser evil, the lawful use of armed force may become necessary.” This is a difficult conclusion for many Christians, and yet it would reflect the broad views of Canadian Anglicans as expressed in these official statements through the years.
A clear and consistent pattern of belief is evident in the documents surveyed here. Violence and war are incompatible with Christ’s teaching. Christian responsibility is to build up communities of peace founded upon justice for all people and for the earth itself. Peacemaking and reconciliation are at the heart of the Christian gospel.
I would have thought that the violent death of God’s son offered as a propitiation for the sins of the world is at the “heart of the Christian gospel”, rather than the polysemous vagueness of “peacemaking and reconciliation”. But, then, I’m not an Anglican bishop.
If Ingham really believes what he is saying, I am prepared to pay his airfare to Kabul for an extended outreach of “building up communities of peace”.
I’m sure I can come up with a quite extensive itinerary for him to practice what he preaches.
Oh, and by the way, he could extol the value of same sex relationships while he is at it!
The sad truth in this world is that there are times when war is the lessor evil. Sometimes we face the horrid reality of things such as genocide. Good luck in any effort towards building up “communities of peace founded upon justice for all people and for the earth itself”. Maybe when the one ethnic group has finished killing off every man woman and child of the other ethnic group you might be able to make some progress.