Roger Cohen wrote: “We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Under current international law, force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations Charter and would constitute an act of aggression.” The words, of course, are Putin’s. He used them about Syria — a real catastrophe.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:35:08 +0000
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