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Since the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the United Nations has set certain resolutions that Iraq and Saddam Hussein must abide by and they accepted these terms. ... They sent weapons inspectors to Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction and the UN chief weapons inspector said on September 11, 2002 that “there was no evidence from aerial photos or other sources that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to build them” (theage. ... The UN did not think that declaring war on Iraq was necessary but the United States and Britain decided it was. On March 20, 2003 the United States declared war on Iraq. Its reasons, Iraq was believed to have weapons of mass destruction and was not complying with the United Nations terms in disarming. The United States war with Iraq was unjust and unnecessary. It does not comply with all of the criteria of the traditional just war theory. In war innocent people die and killing non-combatants is wrong.
The traditional just war theory gives seven different criteria to determine whether a war is justified or not. These criteria are: there must be a just cause, it must be the last resort, you must announce your intentions of war, you must have a reasonable hope of success, proportionality, you must have the right intention, and there must be just conduct within the war. In order for a war to be justified, all of these criteria must be meant, but with the war in Iraq, they were not.
Approximate Word count = 1162
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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