The Ethics of War

Ethical issues in times of war is a near impossible subject, there are so many variables, so many grey areas and unknown details. The war in Iraq both in the Gulf War (January-February 1991) and the Iraq war (March 2003 - June 2004) both had significant ethical issues on both the sides of the Iraqi people and those who invaded them. Racism and discrimination during wartime towards the Kurdish people of North Western Iraq by the Iraqi government was a critical ethical issue of the Gulf War. The justification offered to the United Nations and their respective countries was a major ethical is…