Russia FM: Military Strike on Syria without UNSC Approval Is Act of Aggression

[Coyotl]

Source: Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Moscow Informed Washington Saturday through diplomatic channels that any military operation against Syria, without the authorization of the UN Security Council, is an act of aggression and a violation of the principles of international law.

"The Russian side has confirmed that any use of force against Syria by the United States, without authorization of the UN Security Council, is an act of aggression and flagrant violation of the principles of international law," a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry official website after the meeting between the deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul read.

Read more: http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?fromval=1&cid=22&frid=22&eid=108535

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Something for Congress and Obama to consider, international law.

[Iliyah]

1. International Law hasn't stopped Russia or China

huh. That does not frighten the America and they know it.

[Coyotl]

2. What do you mean by this?

You have examples, I presume.

[joshcryer]

10. Maybe Georgia?

Also Russia's attempts to create EATO.

[iamthebandfanman]

11. Shhhh

youll break up their delusions.. then whatever shall they do ?

[sabrina 1]

18. Except he is wrong about Georgia. To break up delusions, there have to be some.

[go west young man]

15. Except the European Commission concluded

that the war in Georgia was not started by the Russians. The Russians were actually praised for showing restraint considering they could have rolled over the whole country after what Saakashvilli did. The American media played the whole war as Russian agression when in actuality the opposite happened. The EU report is below.

http://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest10.pdf

[joshcryer]

16. I did not say they started it.

I said that they ignored requests to take it to the UN.

The OP is talking about ignoring the UNSC. Russia did that.

edit: see my post #14 correcting the other poster, I am not making a statement about Georgia. I'm not sure whether the UN was necessary or not but I think it would've been a decent move.

[dipsydoodle]

20. Not a good example.

That was a set up designed to antagonise Russia not helped by arms shipments from Israel. The shipments were from Israel's MIC , not their government , but eventually their government blocked them anyway partly out of embarrassment.

Easy subject to search.

[joshcryer]

21. BS, countries asked for UNSC.

Please don't be obtuse. The UNSC was completely ignored in that situation.

I'll admit that I don't know if the UN was necessary, but the OP was talking about UNSC being ignored, this is objectively true.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Iraq was agression

[Renew Deal]

4. So what are they going to do about it?

[Coyotl]

5. Good question. I don't think we want to find out the answers.

[arewenotdemo]

7. No, we don't.

Hopefully our elected representatives will rein in the American exceptionalism for once, and abide by International Law.

If I was Obama, I'd be meeting with Putin right about now to beg him to show me how to put the pin back in the grenade.

But I'm not and he obviously has more important things to do.

[Coyotl]

22. Grammar police: If I were Obama.

At least he doesn't need to spend time working on grammar.

[arewenotdemo]

24. Thanks for the ticket, Officer.

I personally find his frequent use of "folks" to be more than irritating.

Reminds me of Bush.

[golfguru]

6. China could stop exporting stuff to us?

As a result Wal-Mart might go out of business?

[Coyotl]

8. Or, they could use all our debts to them to start an oil reserve and drive us bankrupt

by buying up the world's supply.

[cstanleytech]

27. Except we have a population of roughly 300 million and they have a population of

1.3 billion so tell me who will be more hurt in the long run? The short term effects would hurt sure but the US would recover because what would really happen is alot of the goods made in China that we buy would likely shift back to being made here so no I dont think China is that suicidal.

[geek tragedy]

9. So is massacring Chechens. nt

[iamthebandfanman]

12. +1

not to mention the war they waged in Georgia a few years ago :p

[joshcryer]

14. Georgia was iffy.

It definitely wasn't under the UN, though. They didn't even bother.

[iamthebandfanman]

13. See, the response to weakness

when its shown.


expect more :p

[David__77]

17. I recommend finding another source.

I would guess that any Lebanese media would be considered suspect or viewed darkly by some people.

[dipsydoodle]

19. This do ?

The world recognizes only two justifications for armed intervention: self-defense, and U.N. Security Council approval.

International law requires that the United Nations Security Council approve military action. The United States, nevertheless, has acted in the past without such approval, when actions were taken to address “imminent threats” or to assist with “urgent humanitarian need.”

Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/leading-edge-legal-advice-everyday-matters/2013/aug/31/attacking-syria-not-legal-attack-we-must/#ixzz2dd1yPEQm


Any Lebanese media might be considered suspect or viewed darkly by about 30 here on DU out of 200,000 or so. At present complaints on the source here are noticeable only by their general absence.

[daleo]

23. Well, this is obviously true under international law

Mind you, the fact that Russia is stating the obvious might be worth noting.

I doubt if the major powers would go to war over Syria, but the run up to WWI had plenty of such incidents, that eventually built the momentum for a worldwide war that killed tens of millions, destroyed empires, and set the stage for a pandemic that killed millions more.

[gopiscrap]

25. I agree

[cstanleytech]

26. Mmm international law. An intriguing issue perhaps we should ask Alexander Litvinenko for

his opinion?