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Just Wars

Is there such thing as a just war?

It is alleged that warfare tends to produce more warfare, and it has been showed so throughout history. That is not arguable, however what is, and what is one of the greatest stand points of “the just war theory” is that war should therefore only be promoted and actively engaged in, only on the rarest of occasions, exercising infinite caution. One of the greatest misconceptions about a “just war” lies therefore in its interpretation, and specially the confusion between the terms “aggression” and “attack”. To attack in the military sense means to open hostility. It is possible that a state strikes out of self-defense from a forthcoming or carried out attack from another state. Technically if this happens, then the attacker in military sense is not the aggressor.
This has proved to be what is lacking in human history, the just and peace-promoting war efforts. Warfare should therefore only be justified as a last resort. However, this is a point......


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