Do you think war is just? And if so, under what circumstances?

Answer 1

I don't think an offensive war (invasion) is ever fully justified. I don't think conquest by military force is a valid way to acquire territory.

I believe that countries should be able to defend themselves. And this includes, if necessary, attacking into enemy countries if the enemies attack them first.

War is what happens when people are unable to resolve problems diplomatically. It is the last resort when logic and reason fails. And as such, it is never logical or reasonable to start a war. And barely reasonable to fight in an attempt to end one.

Answer 2

War should be, and in the future shall an obsolete word . Warmonger , warstarter that is another story.
Everyone , be it from the individual , right up to the nation state , has the right to self defense , that is to say AFTER having been attacked .
But there is much much more depth and profundity to this question .
For example is there a more profound or pehaps spiritual answer to this question . Is there also a part of this answer which comes from a more holistic place or scource . It is all very well for one country to stand up and defend itself , but , does that country which is defending itself have the wherewithall to take , or , help to get , or even guide the civillian population of the aggressor state out of harms way ?
What has education , or lack of education , got to do with one kid starting a fight with another , which then apperently becomes two kids having a fight in the school playground . Did the kid who started it feel he was properly justified before starting the fight , and if that were to be so then what had been missing from the general cirriculum ?
As for the kid who was defending himself did he , ( a ) know, had he been educated to the fact , that he did indeed have a proper right to defend himself , or ( b ) was he just going on sheer animal instinct ?
If the answer was( a ) that would have the defender bringing the aggressor to a point of submission meaning that the offender would show signs of understanding that the meaning of further aggresion would mean more punishment . If however the answer were to be( b ) then the defender might render the aggressor a much harsher form of punishment than to lead only to submission and might in fact lead to the aggressor being pounded into and being left as a bloody pulp lying on the ground . whatever might have been the education of either of them at that point it wasnt really of much guidance to either of them . So again you are served up the question of what role does education have in these fighting and ill properly educated children in a playground , along with the occaisonal , but never the less , beligerent , due to mis-education , leaders of states ?
Now take that question right up through the rank and file of the general population and continue beyond to those who are the leaders or the so called governors of an aggressor state . What could be their lusts , fears needs and greeds , if in fact this were to be their condition , as the leaders and the governors of an aggressor state ?
What would have been missing from their education in their days as children , youths and as adults . and again take that same question and wind it down from the leaders of an aggressor state , back down through the general population and continuously base it on education , all aspects of education and it shall become apperant which aspects are fine and which aspects are lacking as well as what it actually is that these aspects are lacking in .

Answer 3

War is just asinine and barbaric. There are better ways of dealing with entenable situations.

For instance, If Bin Laden was really responsible for 9./11, I would have wanted to see the president ask for his capture and have him (and any one complicit with the attack) brought before an international court. I would expect swift and immediate justice, In return for that, I would have wanted to open up negotioations between the US and any country with legitimate grievances.

The same thing with Iran. Don't prevent negotioations. Provide the table and chairs for the partiipants to sit comfortably and discuss possible solutions.. The US is a lot like Israel now, an Israeli soldier gets a splinter and 100 Arabs have to die.

Answer 4

This war is not just under any circumstances

Answer 5

Depends on the reason for the war. Fighting to topple a dictator or fighting to get more oil- I hope I don't have to explain to anyone which one is right and which one isn't.

War can sometimes be a necessary evil. Take WW2 and the fight to defeat the Nazis. That's your example of a just war. We couldn't let the Nazis win as the world would be a much worse place if they had.

Answer 6

war is sometimes just, but i believe we only really know in retrospect.

our american revolution began the nation and did enable some ideas worth championing.

our civil war was inevitable because of the property rights granted by the constitution which declared human beings entitled to own other human beings.

our participation in ww2 turned the tide and revealed the extent of hitler's madness in europe. it also liberated china but killed many japanese and the koreans they had enslaved.

i do not think the current war is just, but i also don't know how to prove it to people who say that history will validate it. i hope they're right, but i wonder what they base that on...

Answer 7

I think that war is justified in certain circumstances, especially as a last alternative. For example, I think that World War II was justified; Hitler and his creepies were beyond able to reason with. Sometimes it's just unavoidable. But I don't think we should be "gung-ho" about it.

Answer 8

War can be just. WW2 was probably the last one. Intervention in the former Yugoslavia maybe another. Read Thomas Aquinas's theory of Just War.

Answer 9

never if you share what you have then no one would want to kill you and working togeter is the real test of a friendship with people .try giving people what they feel is right or at least sit down and talk with them .SOme people are un-resonable but in most cases you will find that peace is possible with understanding and communication with out the threat of violence .VIOLENCE only begats more violence and in the end is not the way to peace .MORE WHITE flags need to be waved and communication with both sides and some apologies for past wrong doing's and a plan for the future of all concerned .

Answer 10

regardless of what all the tree hugging flag burning hippies want to say war is not the result of reason and logic failing. certain situations CAN'T be diplomatically resolved. have you ever been picked on by a bully? did you ever try to convince the bully to not pick on you by talking to him? what happened? you got beat up again, but when you turn around and you kick the butt of that bully he finally left you alone. now the U.S. has a policy to NOT negotiate with terrorists, a terrorist takes a hostage the police don't negotiate, ie they don't REALLY give the terrorist what they want. people of this country never complain about that, so WHY do they expect us to negotiate with a TERRORIST organization or country?? terrorists can not be negotiated with, they have proven that time and time again, even if you give them what they want, they will attack anyways because they think you are weak.