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Just war theory employs historical and theoretical justifications to create mutually agreed upon rules about how and why wars are fought. While, as according to Hobbes, war is a necessary and inevitable human condition, Aristotle emphasizes, “we make war that we may live in peace." To support the condition of peace there has been a propensity within virtually all human civilizations to limit the extent of war and the methods by which warfare may be conducted. When evaluating the just nature of the Iraq War, five conditions must be met: the war must be for a just cause; the intention behind the war must be good; the war must be declared by a lawful authority; all other ways of resolving the problem must have been tried; and, the war must have a reasonable chance of success. The examination of these conditions in context reveals not only the injustice of the Iraq War, but also the complexity and interpretive ambiguity of international affairs.
As affirmed by Augustine, the principal cause for going to war is defensive: “A just war is wont to be described as one that avenges wrongs, when a nation or state has to be punished for refusing to make amends for the wrongs inflicted by its subjects or to restore what it has seized unjustly. ... The Bush administration consistently portrayed Saddam Hussein as an ominous threat to his own people and to the West: "But what I want to bring to your attention today is the potentially much more sinister nexus between Iraq and the al-Qaida terrorist network, a nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations and modern methods of murder.
Approximate Word count = 1208
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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