In Response to “Why We Fight” by William J. Bennett

I completely agree with Bennett’s logic of the three criteria that must be met before going to war. He stated to go to war you must have a legitimate sovereign, avenge wrong doing, and to advance good and avoid evil. I think that if you look at most wars they do follow these criteria. After September 11 the president had a huge decision to make. This decision was in fact “what do we do now?” According to Bennett war is completely appropriate. Our country was ordered to invade Iraq to seek out the terrorist. The president as our legitimate authority ordered to find the terrorists to avenge their wrong doing of killing thousands of Americans as well as avoiding such a catastrophe in the future by riding the world of the terrorists involved and sending a message to other terrorists showing that we will take military action. The action of war was also followed moral principles. We knew we could catch the criminals and be successful without targeting civilians.