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**Niobaralegra** · 03-08-2009, 04:56 PM

For qualifying/disqualifying a war it should have 2 qualities

1.) It should be justifiable as being legitimately in the interests of the United States
2.) It should be morally justifiable

e.g. Afghanistan, from a realist perspective the Taliban and Al Qaeda had effectively cooperated in an attack against the united states, giving cause for retaliation, at the same time Afghanistan itself would likely continue to be a source of instability unless it was brought into the modern world. Satistifying condition 1 for both the initial invasion and the follow up.

From a liberal perspective, the Taliban was a vicious and brutal regime which was slowly killing its people, denying them rights and freedoms further they were an illegitimate regime having never attained the consent of the people they governed. Whats more the development and aide significantly improves the lives of those living in Afghanistan. further their was no possibility of an alternative situation coming about. Satisfying condition 2.

By contrast Iraq had an evil leader, however, it was not in the United States interests to engage in two wars and to ignore Afghanistan, nor did Iraq pose a significant threat, further any moral justification offered was tenuous at best when one considered the cost/benefit.

they are one. Iraq violated the terms of the ceasefire so we just resumed.

And Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles, doesn't mean WWI and WWII were the same war.

03-08-2009, 04:56 PM	#18
Niobaralegra Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	For qualifying/disqualifying a war it should have 2 qualities 1.) It should be justifiable as being legitimately in the interests of the United States 2.) It should be morally justifiable e.g. Afghanistan, from a realist perspective the Taliban and Al Qaeda had effectively cooperated in an attack against the united states, giving cause for retaliation, at the same time Afghanistan itself would likely continue to be a source of instability unless it was brought into the modern world. Satistifying condition 1 for both the initial invasion and the follow up. From a liberal perspective, the Taliban was a vicious and brutal regime which was slowly killing its people, denying them rights and freedoms further they were an illegitimate regime having never attained the consent of the people they governed. Whats more the development and aide significantly improves the lives of those living in Afghanistan. further their was no possibility of an alternative situation coming about. Satisfying condition 2. By contrast Iraq had an evil leader, however, it was not in the United States interests to engage in two wars and to ignore Afghanistan, nor did Iraq pose a significant threat, further any moral justification offered was tenuous at best when one considered the cost/benefit. they are one. Iraq violated the terms of the ceasefire so we just resumed. And Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles, doesn't mean WWI and WWII were the same war.
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