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Politics : The Castle
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To: Neocon who wrote (4240)12/3/2004 9:30:20 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (2) of 7936
 
Actually, the barriers to a just war are not very high, being subject to judgment. For example, in respect of Iraq, I think we exhausted all reasonable avenues, that we had myriad legitimate reasons to overthrow Saddam, and that proportionality and discrimination were maintain.

Even under the most liberal interpretation of a just war, we would have to admit we were wrong - we made an honest mistake. There were no WMD and there was no link to aggression (eg Al Qaeda)) against us.

Possessing just cause is the first and arguably the most important condition of jus ad bellum. Most theorists hold that initiating acts of aggression is unjust and gives a group a just cause to defend itself.

We can go on and on with this, but if we disagree at this point, then it would be useless to go on.
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