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dkf

(37,305 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:14 PM Aug 2013

Jimmy Carter: Would be illegal under international law. [View all]

CNN

Also Friday, another Obama predecessor, former President Jimmy Carter, said "a punitive military response without a U.N. Security Council mandate or broad support from NATO and the Arab League would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war."

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/332930/250/Obama-No-boots-on-the-ground-in-Syria

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Jimmy Carter: Would be illegal under international law. [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

I agree with Pres. Carter gopiscrap Aug 2013 #1

Ed Schultz is laying out the illegality of this under international law Cleita Aug 2013 #2

Statement From The Carter Center on the Syria Crisis ProSense Aug 2013 #3

Thanks I was looking for where this came from. dkf Aug 2013 #4

Good find TomClash Aug 2013 #6

Thank you, President Carter. woo me with science Aug 2013 #5