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Warren Stupidity

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11. If hezbollah used resources within Jordan, as in people living in Jordan, no.
Sat Sep 14, 2013, 04:53 PM
Sep 2013

Not as far as international treaties are concerned. Proxy wars were conducted throughout the last half of the 20th century using forces within countries without technically violating the UN charter. Of course it helps if you are a nuclear armed power conducting the proxy war, because for sure the target of your affections is going to be massively upset.

If hezbollah militias literally were sent from for example Lebanon or Syria, into Jordan, that would be an act of war, just as our sending missiles into Syria would be.

Again, it is a minor point. I only bring it up because We Stopped Complying With Our Treaty Obligations to not conduct overt war against other nations outside of a explicit UN authorization to do so.

Aiding the sunni jihadists in Syria is, to me a separate issue from overtly attacking Syria. I'm against both of them, but from different reasons.

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