Is there a Such A Thing As Just War

... a communist state. Southern Vietnam didn't really like that, thus a civil war started. Because the United States was and still is an anti-communist country, we decided that we should help the Southern Vietnam. In the beginning, the U.S were just giving a helping hand. They sent in only around 2,000 troops. By ... weight on Southern Vietnam's back. In 1973, Southern Vietnam surrendered and Vietnam reunited. In the end, there were 60,000 American death's and around 2 million Vietnamese deaths. One poet from the Vietnam War was Bruce Weigl. Bruce Weigl was born in 1949 and was a poet, Bruce...

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So it has begun, again. A war that is; but not just any war, a war between the United States and Iraq. But wait, didn't this already happen? In fact it did begin, and in a way hasn't ended ever since. But we won that war with our brilliant Desert Storm operation, didn't we? The news stopped reporting ... message. While his brainwashed troops were dying and frying, he was plotting his next ploys and schemes. Its almost amazing how such people come into power, but apparently the Middle East his such a desolate place that even the craziest of the crazy can become a nation's "George Washington." ...

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... several important reasons, the most important one is that America feared Vietnam would expand communism all over Asia. Throughout these years the USA could have retreat and stopped giving aid to South Vietnam, but didn't, as the Presidents wanted to maintain there stature of strength and not let Russia think ... and tactics. They fought using Guerrilla techniques and gave them major advantage to the Vietminh. The US was not actually into the war they were just supplying the French. The French primarily fought to preserve their empire disagreed in the reason why America got involved. The U...

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... launching an attack on Russia if they got to power hungry. Not one person or country wanted another World War especially if it was against Russia. America did not meet other demands from the Soviet Union. Stalin had asked for other land, such as South Sakhalin Island, the Kuriles and Outer Mongolia. They asked for 20 billion dollars in reparations from Germany and ... if he had the means. At the Potsdam conference Stalin asked for reparations from Germany which Truman was not willing to grant. The last thing that Truman wanted was a repeat of the Treaty of Versailles and that is just wh...

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... Cong or not. One US marine said: "If they weren't pro Viet Cong before we got there, they sure as well were by the time we left." An example of this hatred is the My Lai massacre in March 1968 were over 300 civilians were killed. The Americans also had a lax ... wasn't just American weaknesses that led to them losing the war, the Viet Cong had tremendous strengths in the tactics they employed. The VC were massively more determined than the Americans, they were fighting for nationalism, the very existence of their country – the majority of US troops were only there because of ... and wo...

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Principles of a Just War A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified. We have not used all possible remedies to end the war on terrorism. For instance, we have not yet found Bin Laden and tried him for his actions. This would be a safer and more peaceful way to go about ... still recovering from the pre-gulf war, and there is not much peace there to begin with. If the United States chooses to go to war, peace is the last thing we want them to have. If we wanted to re-establish peace, we would be going about ...

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... as the decade that had the best of times and the worst of times. There is no better example of the confusion and unrest that took place during this decade than the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was an everyday issue during sixties, and affected the lives of most Americans. Unfortunately Vietnam has historically been under attack or control from outside countries, and such ... In 1961 the U.S. started sending more and more military advisors and supplies over to calm the situation down. In 1964 the not yet war in Vietnam took an ugly turn for the worse in the Gulf of Tokin incident. The U.S...

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... urged that the war be ended by negotiation. Clement Vallandigham was born in Lisbon, Ohio and attended Jefferson College and the Union Academy. He ran for Congress in 1856 and contended that Negro votes had deprived him of his just desserts.# He believed that the Negro votes which were cast in violation of the Ohio constitution prohibited him from Congress. As a member of ... in the events of the war, the bishop illustrated his willingness to actively endorse principles and policies that he felt were right and would be helpful. He proved to be skilled in the politics of international di...

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... press. During this time there had been no laws that required the press to print the truth. The general public believed what they had read in the papers. Since only a few could read, most of every thing was through here say. Through the years propaganda had cause the anger towards the British to grow stronger and stronger until war seemed to be the ... active. The newspaper printed that it was retro active, so that every official document in the past was no longer legally binding. Such as marriage licenses, so all children that have came from previous marriages are bastards and your wife...

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... to think, but there hasn't really been any evidence reported that Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. Spokespeople for the President Bush, such as Vice President Dick Cheney, have argued that Hussein is armed and dangerous but have yet to back it up with proof. Instead, the President and his advisors just want us to ... good if you want to keep the US people on your side. I want to make one thing clear, I am not trying to defend Hussein or Bin Laden but I am trying to figure out the reason for this war. I mean soldiers are dying and none of the claims our president has made are...

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