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In reply to the discussion: For those saying Obama would be a war criminal for attacking Syria and should be impeached [View all]mike_c
(36,281 posts)Honestly, I haven't seen much credible discussion calling for impeaching Obama, but I've been very up front about the criminality of attacking Syria. We're not "just saying it." I'm getting tired of quoting the UN Charter, the supremacy clause of the Constitution, and the Kellog-Brand Pact over and over so I'll leave you to your own research, should you be inclined to take your head out of the sand, but it would indeed be a war crime to attack Syria without UN authorization. We were instrumental in making it so, too. If it's a crime when someone else does it, it's a crime when we do it.
As for Assad, I have no doubt about his crimes--but like any other crimes, the correct response is to act within the rule of law rather than going off all half-cocked George Zimmerman vigilante on whomever raises our ire. Assad will certainly end up in The Hague if he survives the civil war in Syria, which is as it should be.