U.S. Amb. to U.N.: Time to Act Outside Legal Framework

The Weekly Standard ^ | Sep 9, 2013 | DANIEL HALPER

[Hotlanta Mike]

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, allowed on NPR this morning that American action in Syria might not be legal:

[Hotlanta Mike]

Progressive lawyers unable to make a valid argument for action ready to flaunt the law...

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

OVERREACH and ILLEGALITY by this administration...!!
Who would have thought .. /s

[BenLurkin]

[canuck_conservative]

“act outside the legal framework”??

Isn’t that what people used to call “committing crimes”?!

[clamper1797]

Zero is about to invade Poland

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Perhaps you mean “flout” the law?

[Hotlanta Mike]

Perhaps you mean “flout” the law?

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Yes..

[cripplecreek]

Break the law to prevent them from breaking the law?

[Nachum]

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[molson209]

What difference does it make this supposedly attack happened so long ago

[Hotlanta Mike]

“act outside the legal framework”??

Isn’t that what people used to call “committing crimes”?!

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Or community organizing?

[listenhillary]

China and Russia are watching.

[Hotlanta Mike]

China and Russia are watching.

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Particularly China, that has it’s eyes on “reunifying” a number of strategically important islands.

[Servant of the Cross]

But Reps. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., Robert Melendez, D-N.J., Rep. Robert I Wexler, D-Fla., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, challenged Powellr about the administration's case, suggesting it may have been misleading from the outset. "Truth is the first casualty of war," Ackerman said. "I would contend truth was murdered before a shot is fired." "We are going into this war under false premises," Melendez said.

[PoloSec]

Liberals only follow laws the that promote their communist agenda.

2014 will tell the tale, if “We The People” don’t take control then, all is lost IMO, 2016 will be the final nail driven into the coffin, the burial will be shortly there after, and mourners will not be allowed to attend.

[Jane Long]

Time to Act Outside Legal Framework

Hmmm, nothing new for 0's regime.

Here's something else she said in this interview....

"If we take military action in this context, it will be a legitimate, necessary, and proportionate response to this large scale and indiscriminate use of chemical weapons by the regime," said Power. "Nobody has tried harder than this administration to work through the security council over two and a half years...."

Wait, whut?

[MissMagnolia]

So what else is new with the Obama administration? Rule by EO if they can’t get a law through Congress and if it is a law, ignore it in total or the parts they don’t like and exempt your political cronies. ‘Not legal’ would be business as usual. Until somebody finds the spine to make Obama pay for his lawlessness, we can expect more of the same. They didn’t stop him when it pertained to domestic issues so he’s expanding to the world stage ..... Putin/Chinese et all will NOT be amused. They have not had a spinectomy like Congress, nor are they impressed/intimidated by the “race card”. Black, white, yellow, red, or a mocha exterior matters not .... they look for competence and courage and Obama has neither.

[Graewoulf]

Obama’s interest in invading non-enemy Syria has nothing to do with Syria, poison gas, or children.

Obama’s interest in bombing non-enemy Syria has everything to do with creating a long-lasting, controversial, DISTRACTION for Congress in order to keep Congress from defunding Obama”care”/Boehnerkare.

Obama’s “Red Herring” for the 9-11 Benghazi Massacre Coverup was Susan Rice’s fake Video story.

Obama’s “Red Herring” for distracting Congress until Obama”care”/ Boehnerkare kicks in October 1 is Obama’s “Crossing HIS personal Red Line” distraction speech.

Obama speaks only for Obama, not the US Federal Government or America.

REMEMBER BENGHAZI !

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“Jellyfish Spine” Boehner as Speaker of the House is essential to Obama’s continued unchallenged destruction of the US Constitution.

Nothing will change as long as cave-in artists Boehner and Cantor are in leadership roles in the US House of Representatives.

If Boehner is replaced as Speaker with a fighter such as Col. Allen West, then the Articles of Impeachment for B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, can be quickly issued.

The problem is not with Obama, as he is just doing what Communist Trrants are trained to do.

The problem is not with Boehner, as he loves to lose and wallow in the disgrace of being the worst Speaker of the House, EVER.

The problem lies with our sorry, spineless, RINOs in the House who refuse to replace Boehner with a proven fighter.

BTW, the members of the House can choose anybody to be their Speaker, even if that person is not a current Member of the House.

Tick-tock, long-time House RINOs, tick-tock - - - - .

[BuckeyeTexan]

I am against a military strike in Syria.

However, the U.S. is a sovereign nation. We do not answer to the U.N. So what if they condemn our actions as being illegal under international law?

International law is valid only if the international community is willing to enforce it. What is the international community gonna do about it if we break their law? Nothing, that’s what.

Are they going to cut off diplomatic relations with us? No. Are they going to cut off trade with us? No. Are they going to go up against the most powerful military in the world? They might like to think so.

[353FMG]

Weren’t high ranking generals, who waged unjustified war hanged after the Nuremburg trials after the war? And I am thinking of Keitel and Jodl and even their foreign minister, von Ribbentrop?