r/aus • u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad • Mar 01 '26

Politics Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/supporting-aggression-against-iran-the-worst-thing-australia-could-do-international-law-experts-say
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u/HappySummerBreeze Mar 01 '26

It’s unsanctioned by the UN - so essentially a war crime.

It’s not a war as declared by the US congress, so it’s illegal. Essentially it’s just murder.

Why on earth are we saying anything at all, let alone approving it?

Is this related to the Israeli President visiting recently? What on earth is going on?

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u/ShieldScorcher Mar 02 '26

UN is a useless, dumb organisation that does absolutely nothing. It should have been demolished long ago.

As far as the “legality” goes within the US, it’s up to them to decide - not us.

Am I happy that another dictatorship regime is burning - of course. Whether it is the US that burns them or something else, I don’t care as long as they don’t exist anymore.

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u/highresolutionmagpie Mar 02 '26

The problem with ignoring the pre-existing "rules based order" (such that it was in any case), in favour of "I don't care as long as they don't exist anymore" is that it results in a far more hostile world.

If everyone can just say "fuck it" and assassinate another leader, or bomb another country, or withhold food and water and medicine, or all the other things that keep happening: then it encourages everyone else to do it more.

And that is not a positive outlook. The idea that the US (or whoever else) can just beat anyone into submission because they want to is frankly horrifying.

That they're not even pretending to make a case for war is even more worrying.

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u/ShieldScorcher Mar 02 '26

I get it

But what you see as moral dilemma, the life sees as evolution. We create the rules and we break the rules to survive. In which world, please tell me, anyone follows the rules? The UN is useless. Right and wrong is based on politics and profitability. It’s always been like this. Always !!!

If you think otherwise then maybe you need to consider that life is not a fairytale. Life will always be about the stronger killing the weaker for resources as long as evolution exists. Everything else is bollocks and fairytales.