Is the war on terror a just war?

Question

Its been bugging me, i would like to expand my knowledge on this subject.

Answer 1

Yep, you're right ... and it envolves us too.  Have you noticed that they (the news, the president, and his staff) keep repeting this (terror, terror, terror) relentlessly?  Then it's the radical enviorlmentilists, radical leftists, radical terrorists and all that ... this is to create the feeling of helplessness in you.  

This is so you'll want protection enough to give up more of your rights so that they (the government) can take control of our lives more completely.

It's all about the new world order, Bush senior spoke of this, and they are determinded to do this.  You will see where there is this North American Union (Bush already signed this in joining Mexico & Canada) with no choice for us or Congress to veto ... this is not a good thing cause it will take away our Constitutional rights (our fore-fathers wanted) to protect us from bad governments and where we will no longer be a free nation as you understand it.

The war on terror is a war that is meant to dominate you!  (You're lead to believe it's about someone else) but it's really about taking us over.  This is why it's becoming so much more difficult to board an airplane for us, inspecting some 78 year old grandmother at airport should tell you this.  It's not about Islamic extremests it's about taking our freedoms away.

And war ... it's a business ... it creates more wealth for the bankers who loan money to both sides ... one day of war gives them more wealth than a year of peace.  And that's exactly what it's all about.

honestly ...      

Answer 2

Uhhh... where were you September 11th?  That explains Afghanistan.

As for Iraq, I'm sure others here will try to explain it. I sure can't.

Answer 3

By definition any war -- as socially accepted mass murder -- is unjust. That said, unfortunately, some wars are necessary. For my part, I feel the War on Terror is an inappropriate term. How can you fight a thing as indefinite as terror? Historically, the most effective means of isolating and destroying terrorist organizations have been through the effective use of law enforcement powers. The War on Terror is, in reality, a war on thugs, criminals, murderers, and radicals that oppose the critical interests of the United States and use violent means to attack our people and infrastructure. Though defense and action against 'Al Qaeda' was necessary, In the end, the way we have conducted a broader, ill defined, war and altered our government to wage it, has done more to harm our democracy than to defeat our enemies.

Answer 4

Search Guantanamo Bay and torture... I hope that'll answer your question... And don't believe everything the government says... I think that's why you need to "expand your knowledge"

Answer 5

Yes but not in the traditional since

Vet-USAF

Answer 6

It's an open-ended war. Since the enemy is not strictly a country, but an ACTION, it is a war that could never end. Terrorists are everywhere since by definition it is a person or persons who act ill toward other person(s) with the strict intent on causing terror. Timothy McVey from the Oklahoma City bombing was by definition a terrorist.

Answer 7

Ask the people that walked out of the WTC on 9-11.

Answer 8

All you need to read up on is who we're fighting & why we're fighting them.  The name means nothing.

Answer 9

Just a butt kick'en contest.

Answer 10

The "GWOT" is a not-so-clever ploy dreamed up by elite globalists in the 80s, then embraced and carried out by Neocons and their Liberal enablers in the late 90s through today.  They DO hate us for our freedoms.

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BBC’s killer documentary called “The Power of Nightmares“. Top CIA officials openly admit, Al-qaeda is a total and complete fabrication, never having existed at any time. The Bush administration needed a reason that complied with the Laws so they could go after “the bad guy of their choice” namely laws that had been set in place to protect us from mobs and “criminal organizations” such as the Mafia. They paid Jamal al Fadl, hundreds of thousands of dollars to back the U.S. Government’s story of Al-qaeda, a “group” or criminal organization they could “legally” go after. This video documentary is off the hook…

See Parts I and II here

FOX NEWS Interview with Ian Blair (LINK):Blair said, “Al Qaeda is not an organization. Al Qaeda is a way of working … but this has the hallmark of that approach.”

Still no connection between Saddam and Al-qaeda - March 2008 (Link)

http://polidics.com/cia/top-ranking-cia-...

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Soooo, I'd say it's a war of ideas.  It's not really a war in the sense of WW2, Vietnam or Iraq...  The GWOT is more a war on the Constitution and Bill of Rights - which, ironically, these politicos swore to uphold!

Answer 11

i don't know or care

Answer 12

You just opened up a can of worms. "Just" is a point of view, and you should define what you mean by that. But IMO, its an unjust war because it has always been based on faulty intelligence and has way more to do with oil than with "terror". If it was a war on terror than why aren't the Americans doing anything about the way my sister looks in the morning??

Answer 13

No it has only filled the pockets of big business and big government, sure we got Saddam, but that was so Bush Jr. could finish what his father started and after 9/11 it then became a war on terror. The terror part well, Osama has never been found and you do not hear anything about him. Total fabrication by Bush and his cohort government.

Answer 14

this is the war against muslim facists fanatics...terror is the tactic they use against the world to get their way...

Answer 15

bm49,

Of course it is.

Isn't it just or right to try and prevent another 9/11? Or to prevent more bombings like on the British busses or the Bali nightclub?

This is, however, an irregular war in the sense that it's legitmate countries (or states) fighting against a non-state. The Geneva Convention doesn't apply since there isn't a government on one side. Thus an international court isn't able to step in when GC articles aren't applied - such as in the beheadings by insurgents in Iraq and the tribunals in Guantanamo Bay.

"Ranger"  

Answer 16

no i do not think it is.  It is an insane over reaction on the part of the United States.  OK there was an attack on the United States in 2001.  Does that justify the invasion of Afghanistan and take over of that regime.  The invasion of Iraq.  The murder of the leader of Iraq and a 5 year civil war of Iraq?  Who knows how many civilians have died in both nations because of 4 planes being hi jacked one Tuesday morning in 2001