UN doubts legality of Israeli air campaign

Associated Press ^ | Jul 11, 2014 10:17 AM EDT | John Heilprin

[huldah1776]

Not according to the United States Rules of Engagement as established in COIN written by Petraeus.

[NormsRevenge]

THE UN is a criminal organization.

RICO charges should be brought by the World Court of Conjecture and fines should be levied.

So, you can no longer defend yourself as you see fit to quell a hotbed of unrest and 10,000 rockets, all aimed at you and your family?

But if we try reeeeallly reeallly hard, we can beat climate change??

Maranatha..

[pgkdan]

Tough shit! I wish Bibi would turn the whole Gaza strip into rubble.

[Cementjungle]

Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner

Come back and let's discuss it when you're not high.

[DoodleDawg]

But the Palestinians shooting missiles into Israel is just fine with them, is that it?

[mojito]

So it's Israel's fault that they are retaliating against Hamas rockets fired at Israeli civilians from civilian locations in Gaza? In this putrid UN bureaucrat's morally deficient reasoning, does Hamas bear any responsibility for what may happen to Palestinian civilians?

Statements like this mean that the UN is siding with Hamas against Israel. Not the biggest surprise, to be sure.

[SunkenCiv]

> Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said the Israeli military, which claims to have hit more than 1,100 targets that it says are mostly rocket-launching sites, and the Gaza militants, who have fired more than 550 rockets against Israel, must abide by international law.

Hmm. So, how does one indiscriminately fire missiles at non-combatants and use human shields and still abide by ‘international law’?

The answer is — be a jihadist!

Thanks Olog-hai.