Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defense shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.
It is not, in our judgment, responsible because of the size of the weapon, the nature of the weapon and what it does to the region in terms of Israel’s security.
The Syrian army’s March weapons request to its Russian supplier was the stuff of everyday battles in a long and grueling conflict.
Twenty-thousand Kalashnikov assault rifles and 20 million rounds of ammunition. Machine guns. Grenade launchers and grenades. Sniper rifles with night-vision sights.
The Syrian army general asked for a price quote 'in the shortest possible time.' He closed with kind regards to Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms exporter.
The West is slowly losing in Syria to this axis of Mideast extremism, and Americans need to understand the potential consequences.