`Arguing About War` by Michael Walzer

Augustine 's was more particularly for having made the war possible in a world where at times war has been made as unavoidable thereby neglecting the fact that Augustine made war more possible . Walzer is of the view that military aggression had been christened as `just ' war . Thus the leaders are mentioning the same as crusades under fabricated metaphoric framework and on the rational grounds . Thus these leaders were successful for camouflaging their heinous action on the template of `just ' war theory and are successful in waging their war with impunity . It

seems that nobody concerns for the dying soldiers and poor occupants of the aggressed land who were under terror , maim and slain

Walzer is of the opinion that has become compelling reasons to adhere the just in bello stipulations during wartime but what usually happens that in a `extreme emergency ' conditions there seems to be serious violations of moral principles which ultimately result in dissipated and repugnant acts .Walzer here refers an example to the bombing on noncombatant civilians during British bombings of German cities in 1940-41 . Thus at the time of extreme emergency due to adverse action there may be whole community at risk . Thus the super power or aggressor on just grounds may claim that their action is due to supreme emergency but also fighting as a last alternative and Walzer views these actions as wrong . Walzer views both the killing of innocent people by the factional terrorist actions and killing of innocent civilians from military actions for the cause of `just ' war reasons are one and the same . Walzer disapproves the action of heads of state or legitimate authority that in the guise of just war inflict devastation on naive people in the name of justice

Further Walzer criticizes the attitude of military general or...