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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChomsky: Instead of "Illegal" Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations
VIDEO: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/9/11/chomsky_instead_of_illegal_threat_to
In a national address from the White House Tuesday night, President Obama announced he is delaying a plan to strike Syria while pursuing a diplomatic effort from Russia for international monitors to take over and destroy Syrias arsenal of chemical weapons. However, Obama still threatened to use force against Syria if the plan fails. We get reaction to Obamas speech from world-renowned political dissident and linguist, MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky. "The Russian plan is a godsend for Obama," Chomsky says. "It saves him from what would look like a very serious defeat. He has not been able to obtain virtually any international support, and it looked as though Congress wasnt going to support it either, which would leave him completely out on a limb. This leaves him a way out: He can maintain the threat of force, which incidentally is a crime under international law. We should bear in mind that the core principle of the United Nations Charter bars the threat or use of force. So all of this is criminal, to begin with, but hell continue with that."
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Chomsky: Instead of "Illegal" Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations (Original Post)
Coyotl
Sep 2013
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We do back a chemical weapons ban in all countries, and have destroyed most of our own arsenal. So has Russia. I think the issue here is that Syria actually used these weapons, it's not like they were picked on just because. Other than that, I agree with the thrust of the article but I question what the enforcement mechanism will be if the threat of the use of force is off the table.
I question what the enforcement mechanism will be if the threat of the use of force is off the table.
I assume it would be the same enforcement techniques stated in the same chemical weapons ban papers... the one's our government is ignoring.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)3. Chomsky is talking about Israel
we have ratified the ban, but Israel has not.