Is the Iraq war a just war?

             In order to name a good example of a Just War, it must meet the requirements of the principles of a Just War. I will summarize the seven main points of these principles:
             1. A Just War can only be fought as a last resort. All other non-violent options must have been exhausted before an armed attack may be justified.
             2. A war is just, only if it was waged by a respectable or legitimate authority. A war cannot be justified if the reason for it are individuals or groups that are not considered to be a legitimate authority by their own country.
             3. A War can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. An act of self-defense against an armed attack is always considered to be a just cause.
             4. A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.
             5. The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace. More specifically, the peace established after the war must be preferable to the peace that would have prevailed if the war had not been fought.
             6. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered. Prisoners of War must be treated respectfully, like any other human being.
             7. The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. The deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a military target.
             George W. Bush has justified all these points in speeches to the U.N., constantly reassuring them that the Iraq War will be fought for a just cause. The war would have been considered to be a just war if all the above points were true. In history there has not been one war that was considered to be completely just. But the facts and promises that Bush told th
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