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This 15 page paper considers the different arguments regarding operation enduring freedom. This paper outlines some of the existing arguments, including the belief that the current efforts of the United States in response to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is defined by the necessity for a response to terrorism that can be defined as just acts of war.
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theoretical concept of pacifism has been substantiated by a number of theologians, philosophers and social theorists, the application of pacifism in a world where others embrace the necessity of war
is often unrealistic. In fact, the current efforts of the United States in response to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is defined
by the necessity for a response to terrorism that can be defined as just acts of war. The current war on terrorism waged by the United States meets the
criteria set out by a number of theorists in regards to the waging of a just war.1 The call for an American response to the efforts of Osama Bin
Laden and his supporters defines the just cause of the war. Further, the war itself was declared by a proper authority, has the intention of supporting a world free
from terrorism, and has a reasonable chance of success, all of which are the major factors in defining a just war. But assessing these elements, the just cause, the
declaration of war, the intention and the chance of success, is not as simple as just stating that they are so. Instead, it is necessary to demonstrate the just
nature of war in relationship to what may be perceived by some as the just nature of the terrorist acts waged against the United States. In defining these perspectives,
it is valuable to look to the theorists of the past, including Thomas Aquinas, in Summa Theologicae, Immaneul Kant, and John Stuart Mill. All of these philosophers and theologians
have a demonstrated view on the issue of justice and the belief in the waging of a just war.2 Edward Rothstein, in his essay Attacks on US Challenge the Perspectives
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