> There is an entire field of philosophy and ethics around this that has been developed in the Western world and continues to be researched and debated, called

> There is an entire field of philosophy and ethics around this that has been developed in the Western world and continues to be researched and debated, called just warfare. This may all be true. But my personal impression is, that most wars are waged for geo-strategical reasons, and that ethical motives serve primarily in 'manufacturing consent'. I can be entirely wrong, of course.