[Peace-discuss] Fwd: The US as Rogue Nation Number 1/Good article in Counterpunch

[Karen Aram]

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> https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/the-us-as-rogue-nation-number-1/

> UPDATE:  Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois, has this to say about the legality of a US attack on Iran:
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> "Iran has not committed an "armed attack" upon the United States that would trigger the right of self-defense set forth in UN Charter Article 51.  So under the current circumstances as they stand now, a U.S. military attack upon Iran would constitute Armed Aggression and a Nuremberg Crime against Peace as set forth even in US Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), which is still valid and binding. Also the Trump administration has no authorization from the United States Congress to wage war against Iran and thus an attack upon Iran would violate the War Powers Clause of the United States Constitution and Congress's own War Powers Resolution.  For these reasons, such an attack would also constitute an Impeachable Offense under the U.S.Constitution. As a preventive measure, it would be my advice that a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives immediately introduce  Bills of Impeachment against John Bolton and  Mike Pompeo. I hereby offer my services free of charge to any Member of the U.S. House willing to do so."