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The Ethics of War
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:34:26
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (861 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (861 words)
Ethical issues in times of war is a near impossible subject, there are so many variables, so many grey areas and unknown details. The war in Iraq both in the Gulf War (January-February 1991) and the Iraq war (March 2003 - June 2004) both had significant ethical issues on both the sides of the Iraqi people and those who invaded them. Racism and discrimination during wartime towards the Kurdish people of North Western Iraq by the Iraqi government …
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…and for the "right" reasons but as for linking this to invading and destroying the nation of Iraq. The answer under the Just War theory and in the peoples mind of the world must be no it is not justified.
Sources:
Benjamin, D., Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda Are Not Allies, http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/30/opinion/30BENJ.html, 3/9/2003
Drash, W., Report: No WMD stockpiles in Iraq, http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.wmd.report/, 7/10/ 2004
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