Preventive Vs. Preemptive War: An Analysis

1. There are two terms referred to in the reading “preventive” and “preemptive” ware and the two pretty much are one in the same. Preemptive war is more of the idea that if a country knows that there is a threat, and wants to combat it by anticipating the attack by attacking first. An example of this form of warfare, is if the United States knew that Canada was going to attack the United States Border, the United States would attack first so it could eliminate the threat. While preventive is when you can for see a future attack or a threat that still has not formed, but can be eliminated by attacking before the threat is fully formed. Now since the two forms are very similar, an example of preventive war would be if the United States got worried

The Just war theory is a doctrine that has been studied by all sorts of leaders, religions, and especially military leaders. Basically it is a doctrine that consists of all sorts of military ethics of war and broken down into two parts, Jus Ad Bellum and Jus in Bello. Just ad bellum is consisted of 5 parts, the first part is legitimate authority and what that means is that the people who are making the decision of war are recognized officials and understand the strategies of war. The second reason is for a just cause, having the right reasons for going to war and understanding that violent aggression is not the plan. The third is that the last resort is going to war, and being able to understand that before a country starts a war that can be solved in less violent ways. The fourth option is prospect of success, yes winning the war is a success but how many lives can be lost and still count that as a success. The final option is the political proportionality and that is when the wrong of war is proportionally less then the wars cons. I believe that if all non violent options of Just ad bellum have been tried and were given a fair shot and the only viable option is to go to war then going to war is acceptable. But if all non violent option shave not been exhausted and war is nothing but a quick decision this can be considered wrong and