Just War Essay

For years now, the Syrian people have endured many attacks, many of which including the use of supposedly eliminated chemical weapons. The U.S., with aid from the French and British forces, launched missile strikes against Syrian weapon facilities to halt any further use of Chemical agents against the Syrian civilians. Though the attacks may seem unjustifiable since the U.S. initiated the attack, the missle strikes were in fact justified due to the fact that its intentions were to help the Syrian people. By the standards of the Just War Doctrine, the attacks by the U.S. are justified. In response to a recent chemical attack on the people of Syria, the U.S. launched strikes on Syria to prevent the use of chemical weapons for future use. The

The objective of the Soviet Union is the “total subjective submission of the peoples now under its control”, which would not qualify it as a justifiable war (Class Syllabus, Naval War College Review). In accordance to the principles of the Just war, the main goal of the war must be to re-establish peace, yet the Soviet Union wanted to do nothing of the sorts, aiming to instill fear and total submission from the people under their control. The Fundamental design of the Kremlin and communist movement is to retain their absolute power, first over the Soviet Union, and then to expand and continue to do so in other areas (Class Syllabus, Naval War College Review). To do so, the Kremlin felt as though they must eliminate any opposition to their authority, which in this case would be the U.S., as the U.S. was the biggest opposition to soviet expansion. The Kremlin's means of war is not at all justified, as they are not fighting with the “right” intention, according to the principles of Just War, as their only intention is complete and utter dominance (Class Lecture, March 26-28). On this account, their reasons for fighting are not justified, unlike the Syrian attacks or the U.S. involvement in