Was the gulf war a just war?

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Was the gulf war a just war?

The gulf war began in 1991 and is still continuing to the present day. The war involved Iraq and the United Nations (UN) forces.

The reason of the United Nation invasion was because of Iraq’s previous invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990.  Iraq claimed that Kuwait belonged to Iraq traditionally and refused to leave. Kuwait is a small country but is extremely rich in oil. It was unable to offer much resistance to the invasion on 2 August 1990 and many Kuwait’s died and/or had their property confiscated. The UN says that the invasion was totally unjust and ordered the immediate removal of Iraq.  The question remains ‘was the gulf war a just war?’ I think it was not and a just war and the UN (United Nations) should not have invaded Iraq.

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The just war theory was started and controlled by a competent & legal authority. There intentions had to be right, the intent must be to promote the cause of good and avoid evil. In this theory, war must be the last resort; all other ways of solving the problem must have been tried. There should be a reasonable probability of success and reasonable proportion between the injustice suffered and the death and suffering the war will bring.

“Should the Un have invaded Iraq”? The argument for this is that Saddam Hussein did not respect Kuwait’s territory- Iraq ...

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