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It was an illegal strike: > An Israeli airstrike carried out within Syria without its consent would be in contravention of Article 2(4) of the United Nations C
by bluefishinit 2y ago
It was an illegal strike:
> An Israeli airstrike carried out within Syria without its consent would be in contravention of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits a state from using force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any other state... Unless Israel were able to justify any airstrike as an act of self-defense, it would be in violation of international law.
- wslh 2y ago[flagged]
- mhb 2y ago[flagged]
- klipt 2y ago[flagged]
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- klipt 2y agoOne is a democracy, the other is an Islamic theocracy. Do you really think the world needs more Islamic theocracy and less democracy?
- dotnet00 2y agoIs it okay to break laws if you're supposed to be the good guys?
- klipt 2y ago[flagged]
- mupuff1234 2y agoNot necessarily this time, but definitely sometimes yes. When dealing with bad faith actors sometimes laws should be broken imo.
- HDThoreaun 2y agosometimes
- bluish29 2y agoNo, unless you feel that you are better than other humans or above law. Then you are a bad guy and racist.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoMy moral framework rejects absolute laws. Breaking laws sometimes doesnt make me bad at all. I can accept that it does in yours, but I dont really care.
- protomolecule 2y ago"doesnt make me bad at all" Did Hitler feel bad?
- mupuff1234 2y agoSomeone's not a fan of Batman.
- Ajay-p 2y agoIn general, or through terrorist organizations? I would say your statement should be expanded: Iran has a history of targeting civilians.
- jazzyjackson 2y agointernational law is an oxymoron
- mytailorisrich 2y ago> Unless Israel were able to justify any airstrike as an act of self-defense, it would be in violation of international law. So... not illegal since hezbollah has been targeting and attacking Israel with Iran's help. Israel is defending itself. In any case there is no law between sovereign states. Now, Iran's use of drones to retaliate seems calibrated to avoid a further escalation because it is unlikely that they will cause much damage. But let's see how things unfold as apparently Iran has launched a large number of drones...
- ta1243 2y agoSo it would have been legal for the UK to bomb Dublin in the 90s because the IRA was bombing civilians in the UK?
- mytailorisrich 2y agoThe Hezbollah is currently attacking Israel with Iran's backing and operational support. That building in Damascus was obviously used by Iran and Hezbollah as operational or command centre, or similar, since personel from both the Iranian military and Hezbollah were killed in the attack. Hence it was perfectly "legal", for Israel to destroy it in self-defense. Do you think it was "legal" for Iran to fire hundreds of drones at Israel's civilian areas (which is what Hamas does as well, btw)? I think that this would be a more obvious breach of "international law" if you wanted to be such a stickler for it...
- ta1243 2y agoFrom Iran's point of view they were attacked. If American proxies in Guatemala attacked say Cuba, would it be legal for Cuba to retaliate by bombing an American embassy in Mexico? If Cuba did do that, would America be justified in responding by bombing Cuba?
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- IAmGraydon 2y agoPlease explain how this was used against the territorial integrity or political independence of a state.
- HDThoreaun 2y ago[flagged]