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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJimmy Carter: Would be illegal under international law.
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Also Friday, another Obama predecessor, former President Jimmy Carter, said "a punitive military response without a U.N. Security Council mandate or broad support from NATO and the Arab League would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war."
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/332930/250/Obama-No-boots-on-the-ground-in-Syria
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Jimmy Carter: Would be illegal under international law. (Original Post)
dkf
Aug 2013
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gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)1. I agree with Pres. Carter
Cleita
(75,480 posts)2. Ed Schultz is laying out the illegality of this under international law
and our Constitution right now.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Statement From The Carter Center on the Syria Crisis
Statement From The Carter Center on the Syria Crisis
ATLANTA....The use of chemical weapons on August 21 near Damascus is a grave breach of international law that has rightfully outraged the world community. The United States and some of its European allies are calling for military strikes on Syria, but apparently without support from NATO or the Arab League. Predictably, Russia, Iran, and Syria are predicting dire consequences. At Syria's invitation, a U.N. investigation is already underway and will soon make its report. A punitive military response without a U.N. Security Council mandate or broad support from NATO and the Arab League would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war. It will only harden existing positions and postpone a sorely needed political process to put an end to the catastrophic violence. Instead, all should seek to leverage the consensus among the entire international community, including Russia and Iran, condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and bringing under U.N. oversight the country's stockpile of such weapons.
"It is imperative to determine the facts of the attack and present them to the public. Those responsible for the use of chemical weapons must bear personal responsibility," said President Carter. "The chemical attack should be a catalyst for redoubling efforts to convene a peace conference, to end hostilities, and urgently to find a political solution."
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/syria-083013.html
ATLANTA....The use of chemical weapons on August 21 near Damascus is a grave breach of international law that has rightfully outraged the world community. The United States and some of its European allies are calling for military strikes on Syria, but apparently without support from NATO or the Arab League. Predictably, Russia, Iran, and Syria are predicting dire consequences. At Syria's invitation, a U.N. investigation is already underway and will soon make its report. A punitive military response without a U.N. Security Council mandate or broad support from NATO and the Arab League would be illegal under international law and unlikely to alter the course of the war. It will only harden existing positions and postpone a sorely needed political process to put an end to the catastrophic violence. Instead, all should seek to leverage the consensus among the entire international community, including Russia and Iran, condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and bringing under U.N. oversight the country's stockpile of such weapons.
"It is imperative to determine the facts of the attack and present them to the public. Those responsible for the use of chemical weapons must bear personal responsibility," said President Carter. "The chemical attack should be a catalyst for redoubling efforts to convene a peace conference, to end hostilities, and urgently to find a political solution."
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/syria-083013.html
Excellent overall statement.
dkf
(37,305 posts)4. Thanks I was looking for where this came from.
Only came up with the clip I found.
I agree with that entire statement 100%. This should be the goal and the structure of the response.
Hastily moving only weakens the moral authority needed to truly confront chemical weapons.
I hope Obama comes to his senses and I hope you support his doing so.
TomClash
(11,344 posts)6. Good find
And quite right.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)5. Thank you, President Carter.
I miss you.