Dr. Hinman's Just War Theory

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This PowerPoint by Dr. Hinman about “Just War Theory”talks about justifying and creation and creator of real war in the history of Iraq and US government. The topic of Iraq 2003 is provocative because the US and Iraq has their own view about it. I think there are several reasons like oil, nuclear bombs and Iraq is being powerful in front of country like US. One of the big question from the reading was “Can terrorist groups be said to declare war? If not, is the response to terrorism really war?” response of this question will cover the real question about “just war”. From the reading there are certain requirements to be a was not just a war. For example, traditionally, only nations have the authority to declare war and wars must be publicly

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