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US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he ordered strikes on the Syrian regime in response to a chemical attack last weekend. He said the strikes were in coordination with France and the United Kingdom. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country is being "invaded" by the three countries. The Russian Embassy in the USA said in a statement that "insulting the President of Russia is unacceptable and inadmissible." In a sensational statement, Trump asserted the Bashar Assad...
Read More »Daniel Larison — The Legal ‘Arguments’ for Attacking Syria Are Preposterous
Remember the legal controversy over the legality of "enhanced interrogation," "extraordinary rendition," and assassination. Now, it's illegal aggression. The US power elite does what it wants because it can. Who is going to hold American officials to account? This is what is at stake in the debate over attacking Syria. If you don’t think attacking the Syrian government is illegal, you are reduced to buying into the anti-constitutional nonsense of John Yoo and others like him. If you...
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