re: #237 Bagua

UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006, banned the rearming of Hizbullah.

Supplying the Iranian terrorist proxy Hezballah with Syrian and Iranian ballistic missiles to fire on Israel in the next round is not a “right”, in fact it is forbidden by the UN Security Council.

Bagua, I checked Resolution 1701 and corrected myself 15 minutes later on the same thread. Downthread:

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I’m obviously not defending that. I’m saying that international law and sovereignty should count for something.

Under resolution 1701, the weapons smuggling is illegal. Israel should prove that, at least, before considering a military intervention.

And again a bit later:
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The entire world is not out to get Israel. If Israel makes its case that Resolution 1701 has been violated and the Security Council still doesn’t authorize military action, then Israel will at least be on a much more legitimate position to go ahead.

re: #238 rwdflynavy

Facts are stubborn things…

Indeed.

Now, to recapitulate, nations have every right to sell conventional weapons to each other. In this specific instance, and under a condition of Resolution 1701 that I verified on the same thread, the arms trade between Hezbollah and Syria is illegal. That doesn’t mean that it’s a good idea to decide for Israel to tell the President of the US to go fuck himself and bomb Lebanon. If Israel has compelling proof of the violation of the Resolution, it should be easy to make its case.

The US, more than anybody, should understand the value of convincing, unequivocal evidence.

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