Suppose America goes to war to depose an evil dictator and punish him for torturing thousands of his own citizens, and using poison gas to kill citizens of his own, and neighboring, countries. If, at the conclusion of the war, America leaves the defeated nation in the hands of a government which would do the same things the evil dictator did, Just War theory would suggest that America had violated the following principle:

Group of answer choices

A. Rights vindication.

B. Proportionality.

C. Just cause.

D. Protection of non-combatants.