Posted on 04/23/2006 12:59:07 PM PDT by anotherview
Posted by Chana | Sun, Apr 23, 2006, 3:31pm
The young woman went on to assert that Israel and the United States violate all norms of international law and all international treaties. She further stated that no nation has the right to demand international cooperation.
No nation is bound by a treaty they do not sign: not Iran, not Israel, and not the United States. A treaty, by definition, is an agreement. International law, if such a thing really exists, again can only be defined by international treaty and adjudicated by a universally accepted international court. No such court exists. The ICJ, for example, is not recognized by the United States.
I could go into a long dissertation about the incredible bias and anti-Semitism at the United Nations, but what would be the point?
In the case of the United States, that cooperation is freely given by many nations. In the case of Iran, it is presenting a clear existential threat to one of its neighbors. That neighbor (Israel) has a right to protect it's citizens. The United States, as an ally of Israel *by choice*, with the support of an overwhelming majority of Americans, has a right to assist.
If the U.S. or Israel were destroyed by Islamists I doubt you would like the world that would follow. Are you prepared, as a woman, to give up all your rights and be treated as property under Sharia law? That is the likely result of what you advocate.
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