Blog #13

Just War — or a Just War
By Jimmy Carter

This article talks about the opinion on the war in Iraq. It clarifies that a just war is only started if all other nonviolent options have been exhausted. I agree with this. Without trying to settle things civilly I don’t think you can really settle anything at all. Also Carter describes how the war in Iraq could be argued not to fit into the definition of a just war because the government didn’t try any other solutions. Also to fit the criteria the violence should be equivalent to the injury suffered. I don’t completely agree with this. I believe in the saying “Do onto others as they would do onto you” but I also believe in the saying “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. There is also debate over if we withdraw our troops from Iraq if there will be a complete democracy that will continue and if some people will feel the need to revolt against us.

Carter, Jimmy. "Just War -- or a Just War." New York Times 09 Mar 2003 8 Mar 2009
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