Q.1
I am intending to explore the ethical costs of the superficially created war on terror that is proving as a drama (Hamilakis, 46), and the Americans have conducted such a playact in order to obtain access to the oil resources of Iraq, and the oppressor has occupied access to Afghanistan in order to secure access to natural resources of the South Asia, and countless number of people had to lose their lives before the greatest supporter of human rights can fulfill its political agendas those had heinous nature at best. The objective thesis statement of my paper is stated as follows: -
“The war on terror is an exercise of violence within itself because one nation has suppressed the rights of others in order to provide elite lifestyle for its own citizens”.
Q.2
I have found two opposing viewpoints in regards to the ethical validity of war on terror. The first one is from attacking forces those claim that they have rectified a global security threat, but the inspection teams did not find any compelling proofs those could substantiate the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the links of Al-Qaeda with 9/11 attacks were never materialized in the first place so the counterargument seems is rather depicting a reality in this regard because the Americans attacked other countries on weaker logical grounds, and therefore, they may well be eying to have access to natural resources of both the suffering nations after all.
Q.3
The exclusive list of academic resources consulted so far is provided as follows: -
Burke, Anthony. "Just war or ethical peace? Moral discourses of strategic violence after 9/11." International Affairs 80.2 (2004): 329-353.
Coates, Anthony Joseph. The ethics of war. Manchester University Press, 1997.
Hamilakis, Yannis. "The “War on Terror” and the Military–Archaeology Complex: Iraq, Ethics, and Neo-Colonialism." Archaeologies 5.1 (2009): 39-65.
Martinez, Jenny S. "Process and Substance in the" War on Terror"." Columbia Law Review (2008): 1013-1092.
Metz, Steven, and James Kievit. The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War. ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, 1994.
Works Cited
Hamilakis, Yannis. "The “War on Terror” and the Military–Archaeology Complex: Iraq, Ethics, and Neo-Colonialism." Archaeologies 5.1 (2009): 39-65.
