Is There Ever A Just War Anymore?

Going to war to maintain the U.S. standard of living is a bit far-fetched considering we have one of the highest SOL. Merely opinion, but I believe we could afford to lower our standard of living so that our global neighbors could have a greater share of the pie, but that is probably a topic unto itself.Try out this website ecofoot.org It has fourteen multiple-choice questions which roughly calculate your ecological footprint and determine how many earth's would be required if everyone were to live like you (us). It's fast, and incredibly interesting.Edited by Infixion, : Spelling, and second sentence of first paragraph.

It seems very odd to bring up that kind of hypothesis, as in reality it is the US and other rich countries that are "shutting off" the third world. But it's a classic strategy to turn history upside down, and imagine that poor countries threaten the rich countries' standard of living when it is the opposite that is demonstrably the case.A better question would be - is it okay for muslim terrorists to attack the US, since the US has "shut off" economic opportunities of muslim nations by, for example, supporting the obscenely rich and autocratic House of Saud? Is it okay for Hamas to attack Israel since Israel has quite literally "shut off" (using a physical wall, checkpoints, military activity, etc) the economic wellbeing of Palestinians? Does that constitute a just war? The question doesn't need to be considered on a hypothetical level! But it ain't the US who is threatened by being "shut off".Mick