Russia FM: Military Strike on Syria without UNSC Approval Is Act of Aggression
Source: Al-Manar TV Lebanon
Moscow Informed Washington Saturday through diplomatic channels that any military operation against Syria, without the authorization of the UN Security Council, is an act of aggression and a violation of the principles of international law.
"The Russian side has confirmed that any use of force against Syria by the United States, without authorization of the UN Security Council, is an act of aggression and flagrant violation of the principles of international law," a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry official website after the meeting between the deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul read.
Read more: http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?fromval=1&cid=22&frid=22&eid=108535
Something for Congress and Obama to consider, international law.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)huh. That does not frighten the America and they know it.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)You have examples, I presume.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Also Russia's attempts to create EATO.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)youll break up their delusions.. then whatever shall they do ?
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)go west young man
(4,856 posts)that the war in Georgia was not started by the Russians. The Russians were actually praised for showing restraint considering they could have rolled over the whole country after what Saakashvilli did. The American media played the whole war as Russian agression when in actuality the opposite happened. The EU report is below.
http://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest10.pdf
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I said that they ignored requests to take it to the UN.
The OP is talking about ignoring the UNSC. Russia did that.
edit: see my post #14 correcting the other poster, I am not making a statement about Georgia. I'm not sure whether the UN was necessary or not but I think it would've been a decent move.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)That was a set up designed to antagonise Russia not helped by arms shipments from Israel. The shipments were from Israel's MIC , not their government , but eventually their government blocked them anyway partly out of embarrassment.
Easy subject to search.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Please don't be obtuse. The UNSC was completely ignored in that situation.
I'll admit that I don't know if the UN was necessary, but the OP was talking about UNSC being ignored, this is objectively true.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)arewenotdemo
(2,364 posts)Hopefully our elected representatives will rein in the American exceptionalism for once, and abide by International Law.
If I was Obama, I'd be meeting with Putin right about now to beg him to show me how to put the pin back in the grenade.
But I'm not and he obviously has more important things to do.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)At least he doesn't need to spend time working on grammar.
arewenotdemo
(2,364 posts)I personally find his frequent use of "folks" to be more than irritating.
Reminds me of Bush.
golfguru
(4,987 posts)As a result Wal-Mart might go out of business?
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)by buying up the world's supply.
cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)1.3 billion so tell me who will be more hurt in the long run? The short term effects would hurt sure but the US would recover because what would really happen is alot of the goods made in China that we buy would likely shift back to being made here so no I dont think China is that suicidal.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)not to mention the war they waged in Georgia a few years ago :p
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)It definitely wasn't under the UN, though. They didn't even bother.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)when its shown.
expect more :p
David__77
(23,421 posts)I would guess that any Lebanese media would be considered suspect or viewed darkly by some people.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The world recognizes only two justifications for armed intervention: self-defense, and U.N. Security Council approval.
International law requires that the United Nations Security Council approve military action. The United States, nevertheless, has acted in the past without such approval, when actions were taken to address imminent threats or to assist with urgent humanitarian need.
Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/leading-edge-legal-advice-everyday-matters/2013/aug/31/attacking-syria-not-legal-attack-we-must/#ixzz2dd1yPEQm
Any Lebanese media might be considered suspect or viewed darkly by about 30 here on DU out of 200,000 or so. At present complaints on the source here are noticeable only by their general absence.
daleo
(21,317 posts)Mind you, the fact that Russia is stating the obvious might be worth noting.
I doubt if the major powers would go to war over Syria, but the run up to WWI had plenty of such incidents, that eventually built the momentum for a worldwide war that killed tens of millions, destroyed empires, and set the stage for a pandemic that killed millions more.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)his opinion?