Unjust War Essay
Brooke Warhurst
Mr. Turso
World History
25 February 2013
War is unjust
War is defined as a conflict battled between two political communities. Although some may say that fighting in a war creates peace and settles problems, it truly only causes death, brings countries into debt, and does not always conclude in what was expected. Many precautions can be taken to prevent opposing forces from advancing into war. Even if there are no other possible ways to approach the problem at hand, war is unjust on all levels. The disputes between forces which are brought to war affect not only the troops and military officials involved in the quarrel, but also the innocent civilians who are murdered because of it. War does not always result with the outcome planned. It is simply risky, unjust, and unnecessary. First, war causes deaths of many people around the world every day; therefore it is an unjust cause. Men and women around the world associated with the Military, Navy, Air force, and Marines lose their lives fighting for peace. These lives could have been spared if only war could be avoided. Innocent civilians also die in conclusion to the war. Although in the ‘Just War
Theory’, it is considered a war crime if women, children, or civilians are killed during war, it still is known to occur around the world. Our standards are not equivalent to the standards of other political societies, which leaves an immense grey area in when and how it is okay to kill a member of the opposing force. The unjust action of entering war takes thousands of lives each year when it is not required. Next, the outcome of war is never definite and the risk is too large, which also makes war an unjust affair. Considering the rules in the ‘Just War Theory’ that are not pursued by some other countries puts the uncorrupt party in great danger. For example, if one side of the conflict decides to release an atomic bomb over the opposing countries homeland, there could be great
Mr. Turso
World History
25 February 2013
War is unjust
War is defined as a conflict battled between two political communities. Although some may say that fighting in a war creates peace and settles problems, it truly only causes death, brings countries into debt, and does not always conclude in what was expected. Many precautions can be taken to prevent opposing forces from advancing into war. Even if there are no other possible ways to approach the problem at hand, war is unjust on all levels. The disputes between forces which are brought to war affect not only the troops and military officials involved in the quarrel, but also the innocent civilians who are murdered because of it. War does not always result with the outcome planned. It is simply risky, unjust, and unnecessary. First, war causes deaths of many people around the world every day; therefore it is an unjust cause. Men and women around the world associated with the Military, Navy, Air force, and Marines lose their lives fighting for peace. These lives could have been spared if only war could be avoided. Innocent civilians also die in conclusion to the war. Although in the ‘Just War
Theory’, it is considered a war crime if women, children, or civilians are killed during war, it still is known to occur around the world. Our standards are not equivalent to the standards of other political societies, which leaves an immense grey area in when and how it is okay to kill a member of the opposing force. The unjust action of entering war takes thousands of lives each year when it is not required. Next, the outcome of war is never definite and the risk is too large, which also makes war an unjust affair. Considering the rules in the ‘Just War Theory’ that are not pursued by some other countries puts the uncorrupt party in great danger. For example, if one side of the conflict decides to release an atomic bomb over the opposing countries homeland, there could be great