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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.

POST JUST WAR ESSAY HERE There are two different aspects that judge wars that my piece will talk about, jus ad bellum and jus in bello. Jus ad bellum shows the right to go to war and jus in bellum evaluates the right conduct that should be used in war. The second Iraq War, Occupation of Japan, Tanker War were all small wars that were somewhat controversy and were evaluated by jus ad bellum and jus in bello.

The second Iraq War fits into the jus ad bellum because it was a just war in the means of protecting several people from weapons of mass destruction, or nuclear weapons, that Iraq claimed they had. The war also had the good intention because Suddam Hussein was an evil dictator and we wanted to help the Iraqi’s rebuild their government and eventually kill Suddam Hussein. Occupation of Japan also fits in the jus ad bellum category because Japan had committed war crimes against the US also we wanted to control Japan to prevent fighting with other countries. This was a just war in the means of pacification. Also there was 100% chance of success. Another war that has characteristics of jus ad bellum was the Tanker War. The US entered the war with Iran who was fighting Iraq because Iran is our main oil supplier. This is a just war in the means of protection. We were protecting our oil supply which was being threatened by the Iraq. Suddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq we were also trying to kill this powerful man.

These same 3 wars also fit in the jus in bello category. The second Iraq War was fought against people enemy combats that were protecting Suddam Hussein and our military was needed to take him out because he was turning Iraq into a very corrupt country. The Occupation of Japan also fits in this category because we needed military assistance to punish the Japanese for war crimes and we wanted to occupy the country because the Cold War was starting and we wanted to make sure Japan didn’t fall to Communism. The Tanker War can fit in this category because our military was needed in order to overcome the threat of our oil being lost by killing Suddam Hussein and winning the war in Iraq. This is how these three wars have attributes of jus in bello.

The second Iraq War is the most just war. Suddam Hussein was an evil dictator that was power hungry and was corrupting his country. He threatened people with weapon of mass destruction and even threatened the US with these deadly weapons. We went into Iraq to find Suddam, help rebuild the Government and protect people from the weapons Iraq said they had. The Occupation of Japan was also a just war but not as just as the Second Iraq War. Our main goal was to occupy the country because they committed war crimes against us and we wanted to make sure they didn’t fall to Communism. Communism was a political view that we wanted to prevent. The war that is just but not as just as the second Iraq War or the Occupation of Japan is the Tanker War. We went to war becasue ur oil supply was being threatened by Suddam Hussein. This was controversy because we were never attacked by these countries and people didn’t like that we were getting involved in this war. This is how the three wars rank in the means of a just war.


 * RUBRIC: A quality essay will **
 * • **** Explain why you selected the two jus ad bellum and the two jus in bello the criteria, **** criteria listed but not explained **
 * •Use the __four__ criteria to analyze why the three small wars are "just wars", **** criteria generally used **
 * •Support your analysis of each war with evidence from the Small Wars Wiki, **** no evidence used to support your claims **
 * •Rank the three small wars and explain why one war is more just than the other two, **** sweeping claims, but little analysis **
 * •Explain why the __second__ choice fell short compared to the __first__ choice but is more just than the __third__ choice, **** listed, some comparison offered without evidence **
 * •Organize you writing in ** **extended power paragraphs****,** ** evidence not used, power paragraphs not used **
 * •Identify the source and establish its ** **credibility** **with an appositive phrase,** ** not done **
 * •Cite evidence __internally__ and in a Works Cited. **** one internal citation WC omitted **