'DISCUSS THE WAR ON IRAQ AT A BALANCED VIEW' - Could this essay possibly fit into a category like WAR AND ETHICS?

Conflict's - War on Iraq at a balanced view Just War Theory After a few attempts of outlining the rules of a "Just War" Thomas Aquinas finally presented his version and it seemed the most acceptable. You have a just cause, said Aquinas, when you are defending yourself. You have to have right authority (be a government), you need to have a right intention (not just love violence), you need to have a good outcome (…

…are, they could still be true. Would it be right to take a risk and leave Iraq and Saddam they way it is just because "sufficient" evidence wasn't found? After all, the situation in Iraq has dragged on for decades and the Iraqi citizens were being slaughtered without reason. It was about time something was done and with Saddam being a firm Stalinist it was unlikely that diplomacy would have affected him in any way.