@Gul
I agree with you but in my opinion the cause of this war was just but I don't call it an just war because there of these factors:
1. War must be waged as last resort and I don't think so that in this case enoughs talks and pressures were used.
2. Also I doubt the intentions of US it emphasized more on punishing Saddam rather than helping Kuwait.
3. There were alot of civilian casualities.

P.S. Its purely mine view you may disagree with it.

Regards,

well your three points are absolutely right.if we strictly confine ourselves to the doctrine of just war then i think now a days not a single war will be justified.
every body knew it then that gulf war was a war of oil..America had their hidden interests there..and if Iraq had accused Kuwait of oil theft and illegally pumping oil from its Rumaila oil fields..and over production of oil by Kuwait.then there must have been negotiations on it.
if Saddam Hussain had grievances against Kuwait then they should have dealt with it by talks..Iraq too was not right in its war against Kuwait..but also had some justification for it...its interests ofcourse..considering kuwait part of iraq etc.

it was Saudi Arabia who keeping in view its interests invited USA to intervene and America too keeping in view its relations with oil rich saudi kingdom came for help and started '' Desert Storm Operation '' for the liberation of Kuwait.

every other nation had interests at stake...Israel was in the danger of being hit by Scud missiles fired by Iraq army and Iran too had reservations against Iraq as few years ago they had fought a tough battle.

U.N intervened because it is a puppet organization of united states of America.

so every body had interests at stakes here..this battle could be better described as a battle of interests of different parties involved..

not a single rule of just war was gained here...for example

not enough negotiations before the start of war
use of arbitrary action
civilian deaths
lack of vision
no final outcome
after liberation of Kuwait their entry into Iraq..
destruction of Iraqi economy
Saddam Hussain allowed to reign..dont know why ?

so its very difficult to differentiate b/w just and unjust war..war can be called just if we are the party in it and unjust if some one had interests in it..
its a multifaceted affair..having many sided and all around effects..

yes the examples from Muslim periods are worth mentioning..the concept of jihad and this just war theory can be compared here.

and i think it is better to avoid controversial things in essays..whose outcome and result is full of thorns and controversies...as this Iraq/Kuwait war.

Yes that was what I was trying to say. You got my point. Its better to leave out the controversial issues and back on the genuine ones.

Regards,

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Thnx brothers u solved my prb

Can we give here examples of American war of independence , french and Russian revolutions ?