according to the just war theory?

Question

was the united states involvement in World War I necessary?

Answer 1

The United States should have entered the war when the Central Powers violated international law and invaded the western democracies. Unfortunately, the isolationists were able to convince the nation that democracy was only worth fighting for if we were attacked ourselves. That cowardly position was maintained until the Germans attempted to involve us in a war with Mexico and Japan to keep us from coming to the aid of western democracy.

German Foreign Minister Zimmerman was actively negotiating with Japan and Mexico to that end, and was caught in the act. That was the reason we went to war, and not the Lusitania. The Lusitania was used as an excuse to prevent the Germans from realizing we had broken their international diplomatic codes.

We went to war in self defense, just like after Pearl Harbour. It was high time we did, for the allies had bled themselves white waiting for us to develop some brains and a few cojones.

For the record, my grandfather resigned his commission in the US Army in 1914 and went to Canada to enlist. The American reaction was to take his citizenship away. Unsuprisingly, when we entered the war and they offered him his commission back he was very, very rude to them.

While we fight the battle with the jihadists, many sit back and watch. History is repeating itself, but we have no moral grounds to complain.

Answer 2

No. Many people will point toward the sinking of the Luistania and the U-Boat attacks on American ships, but that was not the reason that the US joined the war effort. The US joined because of money, pure and simple. If the British economy fell, the US economy would be in trouble as well. The dollar was what led to the US fighting the Germans.

WWII, Korea, War of 1812, the Persian Gulf War of the 90s, the current war in Afghanistan, the American Revolution and even the Civil War (on the part of the north) were just wars.

Vietnam, the current war in Iraq, and World War I were among the 'unjust' wars.

Answer 3

David gets it..........especially the part about the Zimmerman telegram......while the US was increasingly irritated with the Germans over sinking neutral American ships, what pushed us over the edge was a telegram, intercepted and decoded by us and the Brits, between the German Foreign Minister and the Mexican government, offering them arms and supplies and advisers if they would attack the US and , post war, allowing Mexico to take back and keep Texas, California and everything in between.

President Woodrow Wilson, who was as much a peacnick as any Democrat you could name today ,asked for declaration of war two days latter.

Answer 4

No. It was politically motivated. The US leaders of the Bush Admin deliberately manipulated the American public to gain support for the war. They used false claims of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Sadam's link to Al Quida to justify their war. If you base a war on lies, it can never be a Just war.

Answer 5

No. Essentially, the United States rejected the German U-boat blockade and accepted the British surface blockade (which remained in force AFTER the Armistice, until the conclusion of the peace treaty, contributing to mass starvation in the defeated Central Powers).

The Lusitania was carrying "contraband", i.e., military supplies. This is proven, not conjectural.

British propaganda was extremely effective in the U.S. during this period and the U.S. has tended to be (disgustingly) Anglophiliac.