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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.

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How Just Were the U.S.’s Small Wars? The criteria // Just Cause // and // Right Intention // from the // Jus ad bellum // criteria for a just war were the most frequently and significant criteria. Jus ad bellum are the reasons for getting themselves involved in a war. The first criteria, // Just Cause //, is that the reason for going to” must be to protect life” and not to “punishing people who have done wrong”(Criteria for a Just War). The other criterion is to have the // Right Intention //. It means that the reason to go to war must be to correct wrong and not to gain. Of the // Jus in Bello // criteria // Distinction // and // Military Necessity // were the most common reasons. Distinction means, “the acts of war should be directed towards enemy combats and not towards non-combatants (Criteria for a Just War).” The other criterion is to use as less as possible forces and avoid unnecessary death. The three wars I choose are Haiti 1994, The Spanish American War and Haiti (1915-1934). The issue of Haiti 1994 was a new violent government in Haiti and because of this a lot of immigrants in the U.S. and America overcrowded. The Americans got involved in the Spanish American war after they heard about the brutal treatment of Cubans by Spanish. The Spanish didn’t like that and the conflict ended in war. The conflict of Haiti war, 1915 to 1934, was that American came to Haiti and made lot of improvements. After a time it was too much for the Haitians and they started tom protest.

By looking at my first criteria of the // Jus ad Bellum // criteria, Just Cause, Haiti was a just war. The Haitian junta killed thousands of citizens and the Americans tried to stop this. According to the criteria Right Intention Haiti is also a just war. They tried to fix Haiti’s situation. Their goal was to “to enforce Democracy in Haiti so the US wouldn’t become overcrowded with Haitian Immigrants (Jacob, Lydia, Michael).” The American Spanish war was not just but also not unjust. “The long-term” reason ” was America’s disapproval of Spain wanting to limit powers in Cuba (Reyna and Bobby)” and to gain territory. These are things against a just war. But they made things better and kept things peaceful, although they didn’t save Cubans life, like they said. Haiti 1934 was not // Just Cause //. There was no life they had to protect. Haiti was not the Right Intention, too. They got involved because “the U.S was interested in Haiti was because of the possible financial benefits (Annie and Zach).” They also spend way more money than they received. So Haiti 1994 was and Haiti was no just war looking at the // Jus ad bellum criteria //. The Spanish American war was not really unjust but also not just.

By analyzing Haiti with the // Jus in Bello // criteria Distinction you can see that Haiti 1994 was a just war. Their acts were directed towards the Haiti junta who were their enemies. They also tried not to kill people and don’t use too much force. The Spanish American War was just by looking at the Military Necessity. They used as less forces ass possible and left after only four months. Haiti 1934 was not a just war, although their acts were kind of directed towards their enemy. But this war least very long and an amount of people […] were killed in Haiti (Annie and Zach)”, that it was definitely no just war. Looking at the //Jus in Bello// criteria Haiti 1994 and the Spanish American war were just wars and Haiti 1934 wasn't.

After analyzing these three wars with the Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello criteria, I decided that Haiti 1994 was the most just war and Haiti 1934 the least. Like you can see in the paragraphs below, this war corresponds to the four criteria for a Just War I selected. It had a good reason to get involved, was fought with the least amount of force and made things better. For Haiti all the Just War criteria don’t fit. They got involved because of money and gaining material and economies. They also had no military necessity. This war was absolutely not just. The Spanish American War was between the other two. They had no Just Cause but they successfully fulfilled the criteria Distinction and Military Necessity. These are the reasons why I choose Haiti 1994 as the most just war, Haiti 1934 at the least just war and the Spanish American War in between.

E., Lydia, Jacob B., and Michael W. "Haiti September 1994 - March 1995 Operation Uphold Democracy." //BuchholtzSidorAmericanStudies//. wikispaces, n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2011. .

Trexler, Annie, and Zach Owens. "Haiti-1915-1934: Operation Restore Democracy." //BuchholtzSidorAmericanStudies//. wikispaces, n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2011. .

Lusson, Reyna, and Bobby Brunner. "Spanish American War." //BuchholtzSidorAmericanStudies//. wikispaces, n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2011. .

RUBRIC: A quality essay will

Explain why you selected the two jus ad bellum and the two jus in bello the criteria, criteria identified and defined

Use the __four__ criteria to analyze why the three small wars are "just wars", attempts to use criteria to analyze the wars

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

Rank the three small wars and explain why one war is more just than the other two, evidence and reasoning offered

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, not all paragraphs are organized this way

Identify the source and establish its credibility with an appositive phrase, not done for all 3 wars; sources not credited

Cite evidence __internally__ and in a Works Cited. mostly correct, delete web address

Please write with an academic voice, not in the first person.