A Bit Of Reality
Hitting another country with explosives is an act of war, and universally recognized as such. You can dance around it all you want, but it is an act of war. No one waited to see if the Japanese would have some other explanation for bombing Pearl Harbor, the government of the United States at that time understood that it was an act of war.
Syria has not signed any of the protocols or treaties regarding chemical weapons, so they can’t be in violation. They are in violation of the charter of the International Criminal Court, and the leaders can be charged with war crimes for using chemical weapons. The US can’t refer the Syrians to the International Criminal Court, because the US has not signed the treaty, but Britain could make the referral.
No one has ever been attacked by an outside party based on their use of chemical weapons. Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against Iranian forces in the Iran-Iraq War, and against his own people, but no one in the international community did anything about it.
What Zero wants to do is unprecedented, and suggesting that the President of the United States can just attack anyone for any reason, is not likely to do good things for the nation’s credibility or standing in the world.
September 1, 2013 4 Comments
