“Can there be such thing as a just war?”

I believe that there is no such thing as a just war for many reasons. A ‘just’ war is a right war and i believe no war is right. I think that every war is wrong, horrendous and appalling. Some people may actually think there are ‘just’ wars but everyone has their own views.

One reason to why I believe there is no such thing as a ‘just’ war is that in every single war, thousands of innocent people are killed. Not only is it soldiers that fall to their deaths but civilians. Civilians that don’t even have anything to do with the war, are slaughtered. People die by either being shot, cut or having a bomb falling over their heads. Some are even kept captives by their enemies and are then murdered by their captors. IS are a brutal group of radicals who will kidnap anyone and butcher them on camera and show it to thousands, sending a warning. They kill people so they can try to boost their power. They frighten people and show them what would happen to them if anyone goes against them. Not only IS do this but other groups do this, especially in war.

In WW2, Hitler killed millions of Jews. These Jews had not done anything wrong but Hitler still murdered them. He killed them because he hated them. He just hated them and killed them. That is wrong. He created wars because of this and then millions and millions of people all fell into their graves because of this. During the Blitz 40,000-43,000 thousands of British people had lost their lives. All due to the Germans dropping bombs on them. Those British people most likely wanted nothing to do with war, however it came to them. They were helpless. Also in WW2 America had dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. More than 146,000 people were killed by this. America dropped this war just so they can stop the war, but it killed thousands of innocent people. Do think these people wanted this? In just one war over 75 million people lost their lives. Is that right?

War is also wrong because not only did millions of people died but the destruction left behind for the survivors is unbelievable. After every war wreckage is left behind. Loads of people suffer. They suffer whether they have no food, no shelter or even they lost someone close. With no food even more people would die causing more casualties. No shelter would mean no protection from the worst weathers and nothing to block the icy wind in the night. People would mourn over their late love ones and grief stretches out far. Not only does all this happen but money, payments cause issues. People’s salary drop by a load. This makes it more challenging for getting food or getting shelter. This period is known as a ‘Great Depression’. After WW1, Australia had suffered tremendously from the Great Depression. They had to live years in poverty which did cause a few deaths.

Another reason to why i believe there is no such thing as a ‘just’ war is the actual reason of a war. Mainly the reasons of a war is greed. Greedy people may want more land, profits or even want to conquer the world, create wars. So just because people desired this they killed millions. Is this right? Israel have been in conflict with Palestine just so they can get more land, but that means Palestinians have nowhere to go. Is that right? WW2 was started just because Hitler wanted to rule the world. He killed millions. Is that just? Britain wanted to build their empire. They weren’t that much bothered that they could kill millions just so they can reach their goal.

These are reasons to why  believe that there is no such thing as a just war. I’m sure many other people would agree with me. Maybe some people may agree with me and possibly have other arguments to why they believe there is no such thing as a just war. Other people ,however, might disagree with me and they would have good arguments backing up their points. But this is my view and points.