The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Why not plead self defense?

Pompeo flounders on why annexation is good for the Golan but not for Crimea

The Israelis acted in self-defense against aggression.

The Russians were the aggressors who attacked Ukraine for the purpose of seizing territory.

Will that do?

But I guess it didn't occur to Pompeo.

Under intense questioning about why the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights was good but the Russian seizure of Crimea was bad, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, told senators that there was an “international law doctrine” which would be explained to them later.

It turned out there was no doctrine. The state department’s clarification of Pompeo’s remarks contained no reference to one, and experts on international law said that none exists.

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