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Politics : President Barack Obama

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To: tejek who wrote (137059)9/7/2013 2:28:05 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 149317
 
If we are in immediate danger. You can't just wake up and say "I'm attacking Venezuela", but you can say "Incoming Russian missiles; launch ours."

The president, and the country, are constitutionally required to honor all our treaties, and any attack breaks the UN charter

Syria attack illegal without Security Council approval, UN warns
Israeli missile test raises tension amid Syria crisis Reuters Posted: Sep 3, 2013 5:40 AM ET

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that any military strikes against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack last week are legal only in self-defence under the UN charter or if approved by the UN Security Council.
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