Sunday, April 15, 2018

Craig Murray — The British Government’s Legal Justification for Bombing is Entirely False and Without Merit

Theresa May has issued a long legal justification for UK participation in an attack on a sovereign state. This is so flawed as to be totally worthless. It specifically claims as customary international law practices which are rejected by a large majority of states and therefore cannot be customary international law. It is therefore secondary and of no consequence that the facts and interpretations the argument cites in this particular case are erroneous, but it so happens they are indeed absolutely erroneous....
Making up rules.
So the British government sets up its own “three tests” which have no legal standing and are entirely a British concoction, yet still manages to fail them....
Craig Murray Blog
The British Government’s Legal Justification for Bombing is Entirely False and Without Merit
Craig Murray, formerly British ambassador to Uzbekistan and Rector of the University of Dundee

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