After learning about Just War and all of the six principles that go along with it, I believe that the Spanish-American War was a Just war. We did indeed gain Cuba and the Philippines from Spain in the war and the way we achieved that was just, but how we chose to rule the countries after the gain was unjust and wrong. We had chosen to take these countries over for selfish reasons and those actions were unjust. Despite the wants and fact that Cuba wanted to be its own country, we forced our government to take over theirs and went against some of the Just War principles. All six principles were justified during the Spanish-American War and we became a imperialist country once the war was occurring, causing unjust. Our country wanted to go to war with Spain because we wanted to gain power and take over Cuban control, so we intentionally started fury. The way the battle occurred and was fought agreed with all of the just-war points but the imperialist actions after completely overruled those positive just war actions. Therefore, the war itself was a Just-War but America's actions after the war were unjust.