The Importance Of Just War

Just wars are very important because one of the main goals is to protect the civilians and their rights. Without Just wars ,our nation’s civilians would be in extreme danger , with wars occurring based on biased reasons like a person or group of people’s ethnicity or religion. Also without Just Wars the nation would not be providing us any form of safety or protection. To prevent this danger,the Just War Doctrine states, many important criteria that our nation has to follow. Without ,these rules in place there would be many unjust wars occurring. Not only are unjust wars a danger to our nation, but they are also a danger to our Nation’s resources such as water. During the wars, soldiers use nukes and other dangerous equipment that emit dangerous
Just wars are also extremely important because they contribute to the idea that, the nation has a duty to protect the United States citizen's rights and safety. As stated in the Just War Doctrine “A Just War must follow at least one of the pieces of Criteria to be considered Just”. In order to have a Just war, the following criteria must be met both before, during and after the war. Before a war, nations should try to constitute peace, or in other words, only use war as a last resort. Although there may not always be a way to only use warfare as a last resort, nations should not participate in a war unless the nation has a reasonable chance of success. However, during an armed conflict the amount of force used, must be proportional to the damage or force that the other army has used and the overall purpose of the war must be to establish good or correct evil. After the Just War has occurred, nations should try to constitute peace with the other combatants. Although many people have diverse opinions and thoughts about what a just war is, leaders should always protect the safety and rights of the citizens and maintain a solid reason for going to war and continuing a
During this battle, Alexander and his army were outnumbered by quite a lot. Although The Persian army was larger, Alexander the Great was the leader with greater insight to the battlefield. He could plan strategic attacks in short amounts of time. Alexander the Great always chose his maneuver based on his opponents dispositions. One of his tactics Alexander used in the Battle of Gaugamela was to strike in the center of the opposing army with his phalanx. At the same time, he used the cavalry to punch holes in the flanks. The Battle of Gaugamela ended on October 1, 331 BC, with the defeat of the Persians by Alexander and his Athenian army and the end of the Persian Empire. In the case of the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander went up against a much larger force. Alexander the Great knew he and his army was going to win the battle, he fought because he knew he had a high chance of success. Alexander fought and beat the Persian Empire claiming his title as Persian King. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) During the battle between Alexander the Great and The Persian Empire, the Persians were a much larger group of soldiers, but just because the Persians were a bigger army did not