Including the American Civil War, for instance? Slaves and free blacks would have disagreed with you!
People have the right to defend themselves, overthrow tyrannical regimes under which they suffer, liberate their land from colonial occupation, and so on, but they don't have the right to wage war for conquest, colonization, retaliation, etc. That's a question of ends.
Now, a question of means. Some means are justifiable; others are not. For instance, rape, torture, murders and mistreatments of POWs, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, etc. are war crimes, even if they are committed by those who are fighting for an otherwise just cause (e.g., national liberation from colonial occupation). -- Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>