When is War Justified? War is justified and only justified when a nation is acting out of self-defense to protect their nation as a whole. One might argue that humanitarian wars or wars that are fought because they seem morally right are also justified. However‚ wars like these do not protect the interest of their nation as a whole‚ and are usually fought to establish political connections rather than to protect the nation. In the article‚ “When is War Justified?” by Elijah Sweete‚ he states
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Brazee World History Honors 23 October 2011 Is war ever justified? "Never think that war‚ no matter how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime." - Ernest Hemingway. Is war ever justified? Well that depends on how much you value your freedom. When the United States entered the war in Afghanistan‚ many people criticized President Bush as if he was the responsible for the war itself. What those people don ’t see is that if we hadn ’t entered the war‚ we ’d be ducking under bullets or watching for
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IsIs War Ever Justified War‚ although being described by those who have survived it as hell‚ is in my opinion a necessary part of life in some sense in order to expand in many ways like socially‚ economically‚ and politically. In terms of social changes brought on by war‚ war often teaches us lessons about how to better our behaviour and attitudes in terms of our association both domestically and foreign. In World War 2 (1939 - 1945)‚ America and Germany’s interaction and hostilities soon
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will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.” That man is Albert Einstein. He is a well-known physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He was one of the people who thought that war could not be justified. He thought that unless the people refuse to go to war‚ it will keep on going - never stopping. I also think that war cannot be justified. To strengthen my opinion‚ I have three strong reasons. These reasons are; many people become victims during the war‚ the government
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Name __________________________ Civil War Persuasive Essay Question Instructions: Answer the following question in a well-developed‚ five-paragraph persuasive essay: “Was the Civil War inevitable or preventable?” Suggestions and requirements: Your answer should be equivalent to at least 5 paragraphs of 5-6 average-length sentences each. Your answer can be “yes‚” “no” or somewhere in between. Make sure you understand the wording of the question fully before you begin. It would
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Can war be justified? Since September 11th‚ American news has been filled with stories and photographs of violent war. We were attacked mercilessly on our on soil‚ so most would say that the war on Afghanistan and Iraq are justified. But looking further into the matter‚ what are we really accomplishing with war? Are we proving that they shouldn’t bother us anymore? Or are we just getting revenge? Neither are justifications for war. We should in the first place keep the best relations possible
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The Bombing In Japan America was justified for dropping the bomb on Japan during World War Two because they didn’t want to lose any more American lives. These American lives are major values to their loved ones. In this document it shows a poster saying "Avenge Pearl Harbor"(document A) by that meaning how the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor by kamikaze basically bombing the boats and tankers by crashing into them with the enemy plane. Since Japan bombed the tankers‚ United
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The Civil War started April 12‚1861 with the attack on Fort Sumter. It was a war fought to preserve the Union and to free the slaves in the South. The North was more justified then the South for fighting the civil war because president Abraham Lincoln was trying to abolish slavery and bring the Union back together. The South was trying to keep slavery because without it there would be no one to pick the cotton‚ and that at the time was how the South made money. The civil war began with the attack
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For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars‚ whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course‚ war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely‚ Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church‚ whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but‚ as Dan Smith‚ head of an important NGO working for conflict transformation
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Sadly‚ America was always like this and‚ even back to when it was first starting out‚ the people were like mules. The colonists that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Native Americans (oops!) were complaining about their ex girlfriend Britain all the time. They thought they were the victim in every scenario‚ when in reality‚ they were just being ignorant and only cared about themselves! Now‚ there has been a debate (not really) if the colonies were justified in going to several wars with Britain
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