Ethical Issues In The Somalian Civil War

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Just war is what every war should try to be, but unfortunately it is not like this. The somilia Civil war is responsible for innocent people being bombed and shot without notice, peacekeepers being killed. Every war should be made ethical on both sides, even though people are losing their lives. Morals and ethics need to be implemented into both oppositions and the battle should be kept even without the involvement of additional countries. Unless the cause of the war involves the rest of the world.
The Somali Civil War is a conflict Somalia that started in 1991, after the stepping down of the dictator, Siad Barre. The Italian Somalia formed with the British empire of Somaliland in 1960, later in 1991 it declared its independence but in uproar clan based warlords began competing and begun controlling the nation as a whole.
Having war between clans is not just, because often the public are brought into the battle. Also the officers in the area are killed unnecessarily. Not upholding the laws of war, shows that this war is not just. Ethical practices that should be implemented in to the war were not, such as the treatment of …show more content…

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