An Unjustified Aggression

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According to Bianca Jagger's "Why A War Against Iraq Would Be Illegal," the United Nations established only two cases in which force can be used between nations. First, if a country is seriously threatening or has attacked another. Second, if one country is such a serious and proven threat to the world, the Security Council will pass a resolution allowing the international community to use force against that country. The paper argues that neither of these two cases applied to the situation in Iraq, highlighting that the use of force in this particular case was not justified. Although the supporters of force in Iraq argue that this strategy was taken for the sake of peace and security, facts illustrate that force was not the only option to remove Saddam Hussein from power, that the war has led to the destruction of normal life in Iraq, and that the goal of force for democratization has rarely had positive outcomes. The paper argues that the use of force in Iraq was unjustified from the start, with the consequences of the war providing additional support for the argument against force.

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"If we really think seriously about the cost that the use of force has had upon the ordinary citizen of Iraq, we find that it destroyed their lives. They do not have the option of protection from criminals and from terrorists, or access to regular heath and education services that they had under Saddam Hussein. The decision to use force in this case did not liberate the Iraqi people like the United States claims that it has done but, as Elliott stresses, has made life even worse for them than it was under Saddam Hussein. This use of force did not simply remove a government but it took away the whole basis that normal everyday life is created upon, leading to great suffering until the country is rebuilt, from electricity services to a police force that can protect the people against criminals."

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