Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, spoke with Sputnik Radio’s Loud & Clear about the potential legal justifications for the “outright aggression” of the joint US-UK-France missile strikes on Syria on April 13. “There were two justifications given for what is clearly outright aggression. Defense Secretary James Mattis said it’s vital national security interests — well, that’s not a legal argument,” Boyle said, chuckling. — Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) April 14, 2018 “Regretfully, the magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, [former President Barack] Obama made the exact same argument too, to show you how badly off we really are. The attack clearly violated the United Nations charter. It violated the Nuremberg charter, ‘Judgement and Principles.’ It was a Nuremberg crime against peace. It was an act of aggression, as defined by the Rome statute of the International Criminal Court.” “And it violated the war powers clause of the United States Constitution and Congress’ own War Powers Resolution of 1973,” the professor noted. “The British government has tried to defend this under the doctrine of humanitarian intervention, which is completely bogus,” he said. © AP Photo / Virginia MayoUK PM May: We Acted in Syria Over National Interest, Not Just Following Trump (WATCH LIVE) The International Court of Justice has previously considered this argument and rejected it,… Read full this story
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