Falklands War

has crossed your borders and invaded your territory it is a just cause to attack back.                                                                           2. Attack on national honour – The Argentines tried to destroy the National Pride of the British and tried to gain some National Pride for their country which the British will tried to prevent.                                                                                           3. Economic Attack – The British economic growth went down and the Argentineans grew so the British were fighting to get their economic standard high again.                Mrs Thatcher dismissed advice from defence officials who feared the islands could not be re-taken. She ordered a task force to be assembled to fight a war 8,000 miles away from the British Isles. According to the list of conditions for a just war; it was right for the British to declare a war against the Argentines. The condition that it falls into is ‘A just war must be lawfully declared by a lawful authority’. The lawful authority for this case was the British government. The UN also can be counted as an authority but some people argue against this. None the less, there was at least one lawful authority.                                                                        According to the list of conditions for a just war; the British had a good and bad intention for the war. The condition that it falls into is ‘The intention behind the war must be good’. The British had one bad intention which they probably knew, behind the war and had one good intention:                                                            1. The British were not trying to injure or kill any of the innocent inhabitants living on the islands.                                                                                        2. The British were trying to gain national glory and be the centre of attention in the world.                                                                                        According to the list of conditions for a just war; the British should try to the resolve the problem in a different way but war. The condition that it falls into is ‘All other ways of resolving problems should be tried first’. The British could only try to resolve the problem only by one thing, war. There were no other ways to resolve the problem except to have a war against the Argentineans.                                         Despite the determination of the Thatcher government to fight for the islands a successful outcome for Britain was by no means certain. The UK’s armed forces would be fighting 8,000 miles from home. The nearest airfields at Britain's disposal were on Ascension Island, a barren volcanic rock more than 3,000 miles from the Falklands. Without covert US aid in logistics and intelligence the British may have found the task beyond them. According to the list of conditions for a just war; the British only had a slight chance of success of winning the war. The condition that it falls into is ‘There must be a reasonable chance of success’. The British only had slim chance and did not have a reasonable chance.         According to the list of conditions for a just war; the British should stop the war and cause no more harm after they have defeated the opposition. The condition that it falls into is ‘The means used must be in proportion to the end that the war seeks to achieve’. The British did eventually win the war due to a resignation by the Argentineans. They ended the war straight away as soon as they won it and had achieved their intention. They did not want to kill innocent people.         The Falklands War was nearly a Just War. The British had fought the war for a just cause/s. The war was lawfully declared by lawful authority e.g. government. There were no other ways of trying to resolve the war but peace which the British did first but the Argentines did not agree so the only other choice was war. The British also ended the war as soon as they had won the war and the Argentines had resigned. The intention behind the war was good but they were trying to gain national glory. There was not a reasonable chance of success as they were fighting over 8000 miles from home.                                                                         Dhruvin Patel