History tells us that almost every strong nation in this world has at least, tried to stamp its dominance over a weaker country. This was first shown by the early world powers of Spain and Portugal, who conquered among themselves several territories for their utmost conquest and control. Another great aggression of weaker states was that of Germany, Italy and Japan, which led to the Second World War. Now, we have the case of the United States and Britain waging an all-out war against Iraq. These things bring us to the following questions: is there morality in all these wars of aggression? Did these powerful countries have the justifiable reason to declare war and conquer the weaker nations?
Answering these questions would mean analyzing the reasons why these superpowers engaged in war. To this, the immediate response of these nations is that they need to do so inorder to uphold peace in the world, pr
omote justice & equality, save the citizens of the weaker state from oppression & suffering and seek social order. These reasons are merely not enough to convince the rest of the world that war is justifiable. Scholars and even the common people believe that these superpowers go to war because of the very basic need of every nation to survive.
It has never been right to dominate a weaker state, especially in a violent manner since superpowers have been given the moral ascendancy inorder to help and uplift the life of the people of weaker states and not to aggrieve nor oppress them. Thus, it is important that strong nations do not exist according to the ideals of a superpower but instead, exist as state that is responsive towards the needs of the world without undermining the essentials of its citizenry.
The numerous war casualties, destruction of property and social unrest during the war is reason enou
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