QUOTE (67thRaptorBull @ May 18 2004, 05:52 PM) |
BloodyMary
maybe you havnt taken Christian Morality, or dont remember, or never learned this concept, but under the church (and god, and morally and socially and every other view) theres 5 (might be 6, i cant remember) criterias that must be met for a Just, and ultimately, right war, and unless all 5 are met, everyone in the war is innocent, and killing them is essentially the same as going into a mall and shooting random people
so, thats how were killing innocent people |
Oh please, either you support the church or you don't. You liberals can't go preaching abortion and gay marriage, then try to hide behind the just war theory. It's just like Michael Moore protesting the 2nd ammendment, then hiding behind the 1st to support his radical views.
The Just War Theory also applies much more to the wars of older times than today, as it's based upon principles from a different era. Just to be fair though:
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A just war can only be waged as a last resort. |
Saddam was given over a decade to cooperate.
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A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority. |
The coalition governments are all legitimate bodies on local and global levels.
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A just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. |
Over a million civilians murdered, I'd say that's a wrong suffered.
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A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. |
I think the capital city falling in under a month pretty much proves the coalition had a reasonable chance of success, not like it's suprising to anyone.
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The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace. |
This one is tricky, as a lot of islamist activity probably would have been avoided had the war not gone on, however, civilians would still be oppressed, and Saddam would still be an imminent threat to the stability of the region, if he were still in power.
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The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered. |
The peacekeeping force is almost entirely reactionary.
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The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. |
Civilians are treated better by the invaders than by their own government.