Was Iraq War a “Just War” or Just a War? An Analysis from the Perspectives of Just War Theory ()
ABSTRACT
Whether or not the Iraq war should be regarded as a “Just War” or just a war has been sparked a lot of academic and public debates since 2003. Within the academic world of war politics, there are
heterogeneous perspectives, such as Pacifism and Realism etc. This paper chose
to analyse the issue by the employment of the Just War Theory. It generated the
various arguments of the thinkers from the school of Just War philosophy and
adopted a case study methodology to examine the nature of Iraq war. After a
comprehensive analysis, it can be concluded that the Iraq war is an unjust war
from the perspective of just war theory.
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Ngai, T. (2019) Was Iraq War a “Just War” or Just a War? An Analysis from the Perspectives of Just War Theory.
Open Journal of Political Science,
9, 373-382. doi:
10.4236/ojps.2019.92020.