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malaise

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1. No need to read beyond this

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 02:26 PM

Oct 2014

This War Is Illegal
So, first thing’s first: this war is unmistakably illegal.
Under international law—at least as defined by the UN Charter, to which the United States is a founding signatory—one country can only legally launch attacks inside another under one of three conditions: if the intervention is authorized by the UN Security Council; if it’s a cut-and-dry case of self-defense; or if assistance is requested by the other country’s government.

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Here’s Everything Wrong With the White House’s War on the Islamic State [View all] G_j Oct 2014 OP

No need to read beyond this malaise Oct 2014 #1

true G_j Oct 2014 #2

Can a Nobel prize be revoked? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #3

Does anyone here have a better answer to solve the problem? Thinkingabout Oct 2014 #4

Honesty. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #5

Honesty means recognizing that events do not happen in a vacuum. randome Oct 2014 #6

well, this is offered in the article G_j Oct 2014 #7