Suppose the Iraq War, which began in 2003 when the United States and its allies attacked Iraq, started because President George W. Bush and his advisors feared that Saddam Hussein might be dangerous. And suppose at that time there was no evidence that Iraq was an immediate and imminent threat-that is, there was no evidence that Iraq had nearly completed plans to attack the United States with weapons of mass destruction. If these were the facts, most just war theorists would probably have judged the attack by the United States to be

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Most just war theorists argue that for a war to be just, it must meet certain criteria, including that the threat must be clear, immediate, and imminent. Without evidence of an immediate and imminent threat from Iraq, the attack would likely be considered unjustified according to these principles.

Suppose the Iraq War, Which Began in 2003 When the United