Are Nations Ever Justified in Going to War?

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries nations waged wars with other nations for a variety of reasons. Some people believed that their nation was justified in going to war in order to pursue national interests. Others believed that war is only justified if it is fought in order to preserve national security. Yet other people were opposed to ever using war as the solution to international problems. The immediate cause of the war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, at Sarajevo in Bosnia. The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not, yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was chosen as a target because Serbians feared that after his ascension to the throne, he would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The September 11 crisis between the U

Finally, an Oslama bin laden video the Bush administration wants us to see. In the reprint of the article "What Started the War", from August 17, 1915 issue of The Clock magazine published on the Internet the author writes: "It is thought that this war that is been ongoing for over a year, began with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. In this particular case the symbol that the United States of America has justification in going to war was the so-called video of Oslama Bin Laden. " Secretary of State Colin Powell said after the broadcast: ""How could there be a doubt in anyone's mind any longer about what we have said from the very, very beginning, that he was the mastermind, he is the head of an organization that participates in this kind of evil activity" War can and will be justified mainly all the time when a nations goes to war. The terrorists who succeeded in destroying the World Trade Centers and damaging the Pentagon while taking thousands of innocent lives along with them, appear to have also succeeded in what may have been their ultimate target: damaging the American psyche. officials, the video released Thursday morning is the "smoking gun" that proves bin Laden not only planned the Sept. S was not justified in going to war with Afghanistan and others though the opposite. September 11, 2001 will go down in history as a day of infamy. When Franz Joseph declared an ultimatum to Serbia, it demanded the Serbs to put an end to all anti-Austro-Hungarian activity but of course Serbia accepted expect for the last part of the ultimatum about the investigation about the assassination, Autria-hungary knew they did it and declared war on the Serbs. Others believed that war is only justified if it is fought in order to preserve national security. Several treaties are signed due to wars that help unite a better world to create peace through out the earth. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries nations waged wars with other nations for a variety of reasons. 10, that the turbaned zealot "has no conscience and no soul. People do believe that war is wrong and is not justified but when you at all the outcomes of every war it turns out it is for the best. In this case it was a matter of time for the justification to setup.