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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere exactly is the UN positioned on all this Syria mess?
Do we have a "coalition of the willing," or are we once again going it on our own? I know this question has been asked a million times before, but why must WE always be the world's policeman?
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Where exactly is the UN positioned on all this Syria mess? (Original Post)
Blue_In_AK
Sep 2013
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polly7
(20,582 posts)1. It's got nothing to do with being a policeman for anyone. nt.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)5. I know there's the whole oil/pipeline angle,
but ostensibly the issue is Assad is being bad and someone has to stop him, which, once again, has to be us.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)2. Sec General says intervention could unleash more turmoil
Sept 3, 2013
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday warned that any "punitive" action taken against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack last month would be illegal without Security Council or a sound case for self-defense.
The U.S. and France have blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for the alleged Aug. 21 attack and are considering military action in response. Such a strike would almost certainly occur without the approval of the Security Council, where Russia and China have consistently used their veto power to block action against Assad's regime. The Obama administration argues that a chemical weapons attack cannot go unpunished because of the council's inaction.
"As I have repeatedly said, the Security Council has primary responsibility for international peace and security," Ban said at a news conference. "The use of force is lawful only when in exercise of self-defense in accordance with article 51 of the United Nations Charter and or when the Security Council approves such action.
He also warned that a military strike against Syria could unleash more turmoil and bloodshed in a crisis that has already killed more than 100,000 people.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601138/strike-on-syria-may-unleash-more-turmoil-u.n-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-warns/
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday warned that any "punitive" action taken against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack last month would be illegal without Security Council or a sound case for self-defense.
The U.S. and France have blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime for the alleged Aug. 21 attack and are considering military action in response. Such a strike would almost certainly occur without the approval of the Security Council, where Russia and China have consistently used their veto power to block action against Assad's regime. The Obama administration argues that a chemical weapons attack cannot go unpunished because of the council's inaction.
"As I have repeatedly said, the Security Council has primary responsibility for international peace and security," Ban said at a news conference. "The use of force is lawful only when in exercise of self-defense in accordance with article 51 of the United Nations Charter and or when the Security Council approves such action.
He also warned that a military strike against Syria could unleash more turmoil and bloodshed in a crisis that has already killed more than 100,000 people.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601138/strike-on-syria-may-unleash-more-turmoil-u.n-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-warns/
blm
(113,063 posts)3. With China and Russia on Security Council, nothing can happen through UN
since they, along with Iran are longtime allies of Syria since Assad's father and his brutal regime.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. Because very few others have sufficient people and supplies to do it.
Lots of other people would be glad to see the Syrians burn up and die. They wouldn't lift a finger to stop Assad, and we know that because they're not doing it now.