WAR In IRAQ

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WAR In IRAQ

• Just-war Theory

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• The Iraq war is debatably the most controversial
  war to ever take place. Most people question its
  morals, its legality, and if it was the just
  action to make. The main issue in Iraq is if it
  was just to invade Iraq without solid proof of
  nuclear weapons.
• Of course The United States government decided it
  was the correct thing to do, but almost 70
  percent of the citizens disagree with their
  government on the issue.
• There is also the issue if the troops should be
  brought back home, and if it follows the just war
  theory. In most opinions, there was not enough
  evidence to claim Iraq had nuclear weapons, 4
  years later we can see this claim was true.
  America was wrong to invade Iraq because, of the
  just war theory, lack of evidence, and the
  disregard for human rights.

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In just war theory there must be ten things
evident

• just cause
• legitimate authority
• comparative justice
• right intention
• probability of success

• Proportionality
• last resort
• immunity of non-combatants
• Proportionality
• and right intention

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• For there to be just cause, there must be a
  real, lasting, grave, and certain damage
  inflicted by an aggressor on a nation or a
  community of nations. In Iraq there was obviously
  no just cause. Iraq did not attack the United
  States, and USA did not find any evidence of
  nuclear weapons.
• Legitimate authority is the right to declare
  war of defence belongs to those who protect the
  responsibility of the common good Bush
  technically does have the authority to declare a
  war, but it brings up the question why a majority
  of the worlds leaders decided against going to
  war.

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• Comparative justice is the right and values in
  the conflict must also be so important they
  justify killing. The conflict which has risen in
  Iraq defiantly does not justify killing. Again
  there were no evidence nuclear weapons, nor did
  they start a war with America. Probability of
  success is, the odds of success should be
  weighed against the human cost of war. Both
  sides Iraq and America are suffering extreme
  causalities. Again the war decision does not pass
  this test human death is not worth the cause of
  which they are fighting for.

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• Proportionality is the damage to be inflicted
  and the costs incurred by the war must be
  proportionate to the good expected. More damage
  is being done every day Iraq has been demolished
  to a certain extent. There has still been no good
  which has come out of the Iraq war. There is only
  last resort once all peace talks have failed and
  all efforts have failed. I believed this had
  failed in Iraq there was only one search for
  nuclear weapons, and view peace talks. There
  could have been more effort, but Bush was trigger
  happy. Immunity of non-combatants simply means
  that civilians must be spared at all and any
  cost. In Iraq to date there have been almost
  70,000 Iraqi casualties. Obviously this has not
  been followed the death toll should be far less.

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• Proportionality means that minimum force must be
  used to obtain military objectives to lower
  damage to civilians and casualties. Again 70,000
  Iraqi civilians have been killed, and many parts
  of Iraq are demolished, so this has not been
  followed. The last theory of just war theory is
  right intention this means political and
  military leaders must always see that peace with
  justice is the only reason for the use of arms.
  The intention of the Iraq war is always in
  question. Many think Bush went into war for oil,
  or to complete tasks his father failed at. In my
  views only one of the possible ten are evident in
  the just war theory, and the one is debatable.
  This clearly shows in the Catholic view that this
  war is not just.

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Solution

• Of course there is no easy solution to this war.
  The Bush administration does not want to pull
  their men and women out because too much has been
  invested in these four years. If they pull out
  now, all the money and effort would have been
  gone to waste. If America stays, it will only
  cost more money, more death, and more conflict
  inside of Iraq. I believe the only solution is
  for America to leave Iraq. America has lost this
  war, it is too late to try and makes things
  right. There comes a time where you have to cut
  your losses, and leave with some dignity. Iraq
  will one day need to learn how to govern itself,
  and be its own nation. While America is trying to
  run Iraq, its elections, and governments, it
  cant do this. Iraq cannot make its own progress
  until they learn by their own successes and
  failures. America should set a date in the recent
  future to leave, donate a large supply of food,
  building supplies, and water to use, and also
  issue a public apology