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Comparison Essay: How Just Were the U.S.’s Small Wars?

The Just War Theory has two parts. Study the Just War handout and select the two most significant criteria for **//jus ad bellum//** and two most significant criteria for **//jus in bello//**. With these criteria in mind, select one war from each of your three tables that best meets these criteria. In the essay, you will analyze, compare and rank these three wars.

Write an essay that compares the three small wars and analyzes how well all three meet the four criteria that you believe are most important. Based on this comparison, select the __"most just"__ of the three wars and explain the reasons for the choice. Also, explain why your __second choice__ fell short and were not as just as your __first choice__ but is more just than your __third choice__.

RUBRIC: A quality essay will Explain why you selected **jus ad bellum** and **jus in bello** the criteria, Use the __four__ criteria to analyze why the three small wars are "just wars", Support your analysis of each war with evidence from the Small Wars Wiki, Rank the three small wars and explain why one war is more just than the other two, Explain why the __second__ choice fell short compared to the __first__ choice but is more just than the __third__ choice, Organize you writing in extended power paragraphs, Identify the source and establish its credibility with an appositive phrase, Cite evidence __internally__ and in a Works Cited.  I believe the most just war was the Haitian war of 1994. Haiti had a revolution and the military took over the government. This regime drove many Haitians into the US as refugees. The US government began with negotiations but the Haitian government but they did not accept any terms. So this war was a war of last resort. In the end the US managed to install a democratic government but the restoration of Haiti is still in progress. The article Lydia, Jacob, and Michael wrote states, “ The United States citizens liked the outcome of the Haiti intervention because it kept Haitians from coming to America illegally and also upheld democracy with our neighbor. “ So the solution was a popular one. This war ended in every ones benefit.  The next war is the Vietnam War. We went into Vietnam in order to aid France, our ally, in stopping the spread of communism. This war had the right intention according to the US’s beliefs at the time, the US believed that in order for people o be safe they needed a democratic government. This is not the most just war because we attacked unprompted and we did not try negotiations before we invaded.  This is the least just of the wars because its goal was to protect US investments in oil. It all started when Iraq invaded Iran b/c they believed that Iran was spying on them and trying to start a rebellion in their country. We enforced a cease-fire between the two countries to temporarily end the feud. We onlyog involved in this feud because of the the investments in oil.


 * RUBRIC: A quality essay will **


 * • **** Explain why you selected the two jus ad bellum and the two jus in bello the criteria, **** criteria only identified in the context of the essay **


 * •Use the __four__ criteria to analyze why the three small wars are "just wars", **** criteria generally referenced when analyzing the wars **


 * •Support your analysis of each war with evidence from the Small Wars Wiki, **** some evidence used to support general claims **


 * •Rank the three small wars and explain why one war is more just than the other two, **** sweeping claims are made to justify ranking **


 * •Explain why the __second__ choice fell short compared to the __first__ choice but is more just than the __third__ choice, **** listed, little comparison offered **


 * •Organize you writing in ** **extended power paragraphs****,** ** progressing toward competency **


 * •Identify the source and establish its ** **credibility** **with an appositive phrase,** ** once **


 * •Cite evidence __internally__ and in a Works Cited. **** not done **