Christian doctrine holds that war, when conducted by a state to restrain evil, is never holy or happy and should be accompanied by remorse.

“But Augustine is clear when he talks about just war that it's never holy and certainly not happy. even in victory. So war should only ever be done in kind of the Christian tradition that large portion of the west stands in in defense of innocent people”

Religion plays a factual role in the current conflict, particularly regarding Iran's motivation.

“Oh, you can't you can't deny the fact that religion is a part of this. It's not a part on the Israeli side, but Iran, is it not though?”