ABD'nin Irak'a saldırma nedenleri ve adil savaş teorisine göre sonuçları

Over the centuries, intellectual tradition has evolved about the ethics of war and peace. It set out, from a moral and legal perspective, the moral rules that must be followed in order for war to be fair. As a result, the theory of Just War, which reasonable the force use and resorting to war based on certain moral grounds and justifications, was developed. The theory is based on a number of criteria and principles that determine the assessment of the behavior of war. The current study aims to assess the 2003 US led invasion of Iraq according to a Just War theory and the US commitment to the principles of the theory. Depending on the analytical approach and based on the relevant studies, the study assumed that the war on Iraq had not been fair. The results of the study indicate that there is a serious review of the Just War theory in order to keep abreast of the varying certainties of war and ensure that states obey with the ethical standards set forth in the theory. The findings of the study showed from the viewpoint of international law that the United States was not able to provide strong arguments to prove its claim of war against Iraq in terms of any justification of the attack and its consequences. Moreover, The United States did not find any weapons of mass destruction purportedly to be possessed by Iraq, nor could the United States justify its immoral practices and behavior during the war. The withdrawal of US forces from Iraq had led to chaos leaving Iraq suffering from sectarian violence, political repression and growing tension. The US invasion of Iraq distanced the US from any moral standards according to the Just War theory This thesis contributes to the combination of the three criteria of a Just War theory, and the submission of substantive and logical influences to the general sympathetic of the invasion of Iraq that is in itself a rare because most literature on the theory applicability relating to the invasion of Iraq discusses only jus ad bellum and jus in bello principles in relation to the invasion and seldom argues jus post bellum. Moreover, the study discusses all the principles of the three fair war theories, and it provides a complete and detailed analysis. Keywords: US Decision to Invade Iraq, just war theory, jus in bello, jus ad bellum, jus post bellum, International Humanitarian Law.