[Occupymendocino] On Syria, a U.N. Vote Isn’t Optional -- It's Required.

[Mark Safron]

But this question ignores the obvious: If the United States begins an attack without Security Council authorization, it will flout the most fundamental international rule of all — the prohibition on the use of military force, for anything but self-defense, in the absence of Security Council approval. This rule may be even more important to the world’s security — and America’s — than the ban on the use of chemical weapons.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/opinion/on-syria-a-un-vote-isnt-optional.html?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20130904&_r=0
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