However, what must be noted are the origins of the war and the many possible reasons in which the protest is being held. This is very essential because the opinions of these philosophers will sway greatly if the motives of the war differ from what the U.S government claims. The first assumption that must be made is that the reasons for going to war would be to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. The reason being security for themselves as well as other countries in which Iraq could possibly harm. A second assumption would be in order to gain control over oil, a natural resource, that is held in Iraq. The third and last noted reason would be

The first argument made will be assuming that the protests are against the United States going to war with Iraq in order to disarm them from weapons of mass destruction in order to protect the U.S as well as other countries. The protests are held in order to avoid death that will occur in the chance of war as well as the possibility that Iraq may not have these weapons at all. However, because there is no verifiable information that can prove or disprove Iraq of having weapons of mass destruction, both possibilities will be considered.

In order to seek peace, one must give up the right to take another's life. However, this is only met if the other party agrees to give up the same right. Therefore, if the protest is being held for peaceful negotiations, Hobbes would agree with the reason of the protesting. However if we were to disregard the protestors' reason for protesting (in order to avoid bloodshed), and simply critique the protest as an act against decisions made by the government, Hobbes would argue against it because they have kept the government in power. According to Hobbes, the decisions of the government are directly representative of the people because it is the people who keep the government in power. Furthermore, Hobbes believed in a contract that is kept between the people and the government where the people are contracted to give up their rights to rule themselves to the government if they were chosen into power. The only viable protest should only take place in order to defend oneself from harm or death, however in this case, it does not hold because the argument is not made for their own protection, but the protection of others (other Iraqis or U.S soldiers).

Regarding the natural rights of those in Iraq, there are many viewpoints. Machiavelli would argue that Saddam Hussein is justified when treating his people the way he does if his people does not hate him and if he still remains in power. Machiavelli disregards morality in the pursuit and stability of power. However, Machiavelli stresses that a government or leader must punish according to the permit able crime in order to avoid being hated which is a threat of power. If he instills fear in his people than it is justified in Machiavelli's eyes. Hobbes on the other hand, states that power or the pursuit of power is innate in everyone however he feels that this is only found in the state of nature. He believes in the rights of humans and that if one commits a crime he should be punished accordingly. This is the same belief as Locke. However, there is no code than can justify a punishment to any crime. Therefore one can not also judge that what Iraq is doing is immoral. However, if they take away natural rights, such as the right to defend oneself, it is wrong.

The second possible reason that the U.S has for going to war would be in order to control oil supplies made that Iraq currently has. Therefore the protest will be held in order to prevent the U.S from going to war in order

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