Syria is still a state, there was no specific UN resolution. Just last week a US airstrike killed over 100 in Iraq, would it be ok for Russia to cross over to Iraq and bomb an Iraqi army airbase? 52 Tomahawks at a cost of over $1M USD each to bomb an airstrip the Russian will rebuild in a month, what a joke.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 13:53, Share, Reply)
Amen to that!
"We have issued a resolution condemning the bad thing in the strongest possible terms."
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:05, Share, Reply)
"We have issued a resolution condemning the bad thing in the strongest possible terms."
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:05, Share, Reply)
Nobody is taking it seriously anymore. I think the problem is branding,
Need a new sexy name like the Avengers or the Justice League...
How about League of Nations!
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:06, Share, Reply)
Need a new sexy name like the Avengers or the Justice League...
How about League of Nations!
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:06, Share, Reply)
If you look a bit closer, the military action was in response to the use of sarin gas on Syrian civilians
The 1925 Geneva Treaty stated that chemical and biological weapons are "justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilised world."
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:10, Share, Reply)
The 1925 Geneva Treaty stated that chemical and biological weapons are "justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilised world."
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:10, Share, Reply)
If it was proven to be Syrian forces.I don't think the 1925 Geneva Treaty was on Trumps mind when he started going on about protecting Gods Children.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:21, Share, Reply)
Is your hatred so strong for Trump, that you resort to using news articles from four years ago as your citation?
I think Trump was extremely clear in his condemnation of the gas attack, even describing how the affected children appeared. Just because you're ideologically opposed to him, at least be honest enough when he does something people said should have been done four years ago.
www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-white-house-says-reprehensible-gas-1491324692-htmlstory.html
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:39, Share, Reply)
I think Trump was extremely clear in his condemnation of the gas attack, even describing how the affected children appeared. Just because you're ideologically opposed to him, at least be honest enough when he does something people said should have been done four years ago.
www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-white-house-says-reprehensible-gas-1491324692-htmlstory.html
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:39, Share, Reply)
Ow wow. I am not ideologically opposed to Trump. Part of his reason for doing this is to look tough. It will not help to resolve anything in Syria. He is not a religious man he was clearly pandering with that God reference. I wasn't aware of the b3ta policy on not using dated citations. "something people said" ha.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:46, Share, Reply)
The reason I mentioned the dated citation was that you seemed to be using that to contradict Trump's statement. If I was wrong, I apologize.
I personally wish this had never happened. But there are many things I wish had never happened and we have to operate in the reality that exists.
Heaven help us.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:55, Share, Reply)
I personally wish this had never happened. But there are many things I wish had never happened and we have to operate in the reality that exists.
Heaven help us.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:55, Share, Reply)
"justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilised world"
That's a snappy summary of Trump's first couple of months in office
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:23, Share, Reply)
That's a snappy summary of Trump's first couple of months in office
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:23, Share, Reply)
Justly condemned doesn't mean an automatic declaration of war.
Not the the absence of a state of war has stopped anyone so far...
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 22:08, Share, Reply)
Not the the absence of a state of war has stopped anyone so far...
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 22:08, Share, Reply)
Humanitarian intervention, init?
Was the justification we used during the Kosovo conflict.
Another one where we couldn't get a resolution because of Russia.
Technically that was illegal too I think.
America could also probably argue self defence too, which is allowed.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:14, Share, Reply)
Was the justification we used during the Kosovo conflict.
Another one where we couldn't get a resolution because of Russia.
Technically that was illegal too I think.
America could also probably argue self defence too, which is allowed.
( , Fri 7 Apr 2017, 14:14, Share, Reply)