Just War Theory goes something like:
Jus ad bellum (the right to go to war)
- Just cause
- Comparative justice
- Legitimate authority
- Right intention
- Probability of success
- Last resort
- Proportionality
Jus in bello (conducting war)
- Distinction
- Proportionality
- Military Necessity
Applying this to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and potentially Iran in the future).. Even if we are to grant Just Cause, Comparative Justice, Legitimate Authority, and Right Intention (all of which can certainly be plausibly argued against), there is no way in the world these wars are wars of Last Resort, where all other options have been tried and failed. In fact, very few options have been tried, and the ones that have been tried were purposely kept on a short leash. Furthermore, there is a marked lack of Proportionality. What the U.S. has done in Iraq and Afghanistan is disproportional to what it is allegedly responding to, even if we are to presume Iraq and Afghanistan were actually responsible for all recent terrorism.
Mark,
What kind of options do you have against factions that do not negotiate, do not budge and with whom diplomacy is rather like talking to a brick wall (only that it wants to deceive you and kill you). Diplomacy with thugs and terrorists has been the political weapon of communists, terrorists and fascists for years, delaying action by countries that can stop them until things have really gotten out of hand. We’ve seen it with Hitler, we’ve seen it with Mao, we’re seeing it with North Korea right now, and we’ve seen it in the middle east.
Furthermore, what constitutes a last resort? I think in individual combat situations it is a pretty subjective thing to define a last resort to violence. What are you personally willing to endure? Maybe you aren’t personally threatened by the thugs who are raping your girlfriend or some stranger, but would you be able to in good conscience let them carry on and walk away because it wasn’t putting you in a position of last resort?
To me, last resort can also extend to others. When I see injustice that only decisive violence is going to allay, I may be personally forced to intervene. I think on the international stage, we have learned the folly many times of believing that terrorism and international intimidation are isolated incidents. If they don’t pose a threat to you yet…wait.
“Last resort” is pretty flexible here, to the point where the strong stance you seem to take with it is to me equivalent to a straw man. I don’t need to be at my last resort personally, I just need to know that somebody else is. I’ll kill for that.
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