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Morality Of War: Can It Be Justified?

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Al-Qaeda, an islamic terrorist group, attacked the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center on September, 11th, 2001. George Bush was the president at the time, and responded that in order to prevent attacks like that of 9/11 from happening again, we as a nation must take affirmative action. The purpose of this paper will look in-depth of whether the invasion of iraq was to protect American security by eliminating terrorist groups, or, to protect American interests like oil exports, free market system, or simply showing supremacy to the rest of the world. The Bush administration claimed that Saddam Hussein, the former leader, had weapons of mass destruction and therefore an invasion was necessary. In 2003, the U.S congress passed for …show more content…

Just-War theory is a very contentious subject. There are many different versions of what is a “Just” war. Can war really be justified? The concept of morality comes into play now. It definitely has an influential factor found in almost every war that has occurred. Morality or the lack there of, does influence the willing to rage war.It can be used as an excuse, or just be completely disregarded. “Realism” will be very applicable also later on. Frequently one party would say to the other that it has violated their moral codes and that is the reason why they have the right to go to war. Ancient philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, St Augustine, etc. were brilliant of their analysis of rectifying just war. The bright minds of the time would agree that the only time that war is justified is for the pursuit of peace which is frequently obtained through self …show more content…

There are countless examples of how countries are interdependent upon each other. The U.S Invasion of iraq could have been to protect american security. Still, it is highly unlikely that only moral obligation was entirely the cause. As mentioned above in the commodity chain, countries are linked towards each other in a huge string of benefits ranging from War allies, Imports and exports like Importing exotic food, exporting surplus produce. Trade relations between nations promotes economic growth for both parties.The two dominant economic systems in the world are capitalism and socialism. Most societies have varying blends of the two systems. Common hybrids of capitalism and socialism are welfare capitalism and state capitalism. In the current presidential race, a popular democratic presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders, is a candidate whose ideas closely resembles the socialist point of view. Donald Trump, a Republican business magnate who is also running for the presidency, refers to himself as the ideal capitalist. It is a hot debate topic of which system works more efficiently. Common hybrids of capitalism and socialism are welfare capitalism and state capitalism. America would like the rest of the world to be capitalist because we believe the free market is the best chance for an economy to progress. “An system based on private property, personal liberty and freedom to conclude contracts in which the economic

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