Adhering to international law (and the pivotal nostrums of state sovereignty and the law of armed conflict) is not something that states are supposed to pick and choose to do whenever it serves their interests. But that is precisely what U.S. President Barack Obama is doing in Syria.
Last month, western countries (including Canada and the United States) were unanimous in roundly condemning Russia for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine. So how exactly are America’s ongoing incursions into eastern Syria any different?
More to the point: Is an obstructionist UN Security Council or an illegitimate Syrian regime reason enough to flaunt …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
