Stephen Lendman: Profile of Lawless Aggression – Israel and America!

• Profile of Lawless Aggression – Israel and America! 
  by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/ 
  Israel and America are longstanding imperial partners. They spurn international laws. They do so repeatedly. They ignore their own. They jointly plan and wage wars. Israel’s attack on Syria was a joint  US/Israeli provocation. Haaretz’s military correspondent Amos Harel suggested it, saying:
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  “The (US) administration officials’ familiarity with the nature of the Syrian targets seems to indicate that there had been advance coordination with Israel, and make the attacks look more and more like part of a larger campaign that isn’t over yet.”
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  Israel’s weekend attacks were lawless acts of aggression. Post-WW I, the League of Nations failed to prevent them. So did Kellogg-Briand. In August 1928, America, Germany France, Britain, Italy, Japan, and nine other nations signed on. It promised wars would no longer resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them.” Violators “should be denied the benefits furnished by this treaty.”
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  Article 8 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention of Rights and Duties says “No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another.” Under Article 10, differences between states “should be settled by recognized pacific methods.” Article 11 calls sovereign state territory “inviolable….”
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  The 1950 Nuremberg Principles defined crimes against peace to include:
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  “(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (and)
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  (ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i).”
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  On June 26, 1945, the UN Charter was signed. On October 24, it became effective. It failed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war….”
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  Fundamental principles have been ignored. They require all Members to “settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.”
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  “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
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  Article 51 permits armed force only in self-defense against externally generated aggression until the Security Council acts. It has final say. Under no circumstances may one nation, or combination thereof, intervene against another without lawful Security Council authorization. Doing so is lawless aggression.
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  Belligerents like America and Israel put their own priorities above international laws. They ignore their own as it suits them. Wars rage  without end. New ones are planned.
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  Washington wages permanent ones. Peace is a four-letter word. Israel’s a longstanding imperial partner. Attacking Syria is their latest provocation. They acted without justification. Doing so reflects naked aggression. Expect Washington, rogue NATO allies, and regional partners to take full advantage.
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  Ravaging and destroying Syria is their latest project. They’re well along toward accomplishing it. On May 5, Syria’s cabinet held an extraordinary session. Premier Wael al-Halqi chaired it. Participants condemned Israeli aggression.
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