This assignment will assess writing a convincing, well developed, and organized essay that analyzes, documents, and responds to various sources on a given topic. Students will develop an ability to write about problems from historical, philosophical, rhetorical and/or cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. Use the time allotted to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. Develop the body of the paper fully, using not less than 3 full pages and no more than 5 pages. Provide transitional sentences from one topic to the next. The paper will have a minimum of at least 3 references from credible sources. Create bibliography and cite sources using APA guidelines. Use Times New Roman 12 point font and the current APA Writing Style Guide.
When a nation contemplates the use of force, that force must be done with legal authority and within the strictures of the laws of armed conflict. If there is both legal authority and that force follows the principles laid down by The Hague Rules of 1907 and the Geneva Conventions of 1949 then there can be a justified result. After September 11, 2001, Congress authorized the Commander-in-Chief at the time to use force against those individuals who had perpetrated the attack on the United States that fateful day. Under our constitutional scheme, the President could direct the National Command Authority to use armed force against Al Qaeda, including Bin Laden and others. Additional international authorizations via the United Nations and NATO followed. Overlaid in this authorization to use force was the basic international principle of the inherent right of a nation to self-defense, found in Art. 51 of the UN Charter.
On January 03, 2020, President Trump launched missiles into Iraq and killed Qasem Soleimani, a major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The U.S. was authorized in Iraq to combat the threat of ISIS, but was not at war with the Iranian or Iraqi Government.
Take a stance on the following issue:
President Trump had the legal authority to kill Qasem Soleimani
