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1) In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas, a Christian Monk, drew up some conditions for Just War, basing his ideas on Augustine's beliefs from the 4th Century. Aquinas laid down three conditions that have to be met for a war to be considered 'just'; the war must be started and controlled by the authority of the state or ruler (e.g. president), there must be a just cause; those attacked must deserve it, and the war must be fought to promote good or avoid evil, which was the motive behind the ongoing Iraq 'war'; peace and justice must be restored afterwards. Furthermore, other Christians have since added three more conditions; the war must be the last resort; all other possible ways of solving the problem have been tried, there must be proportionality in the way the war is fought, e.g. innocent civilians should not be killed and only enough force...

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