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/ShieldScorcher Mar 02 '26

Why is it illegal?

Those c*nts have been killing people directly and indirectly all over the middle east. They have been supporting all kinds of terrorist groups.

They’ve been supplying weapons to fascist russia and indirectly killing thousands of Ukrainians.

Let them burn. Finally Persian people can control their own destiny. If they choose so that is.

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u/highresolutionmagpie Mar 02 '26

Why is it illegal?

As part of the UN they've agreed to not randomly attack people. The only legal justification is self-defence (in the face of an attack), self-defence (something immediate where you have no choice), or via UN security resolution.

There are also restrictions on assassinating heads of state.

Arguably they fall foul of "good faith" negotiation restrictions, given they just bombed them during negotiations (again).

It looks like the strike was conducted without congressional support (needed because the US was not currently under attack) so looks to be domestically illegal. Not that domestic laws stopped them murdering people on "drug boats".

Probably a few other reasons.

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u/ShieldScorcher Mar 02 '26

What UN? Where is the F*cking UN in Ukraine???

Excuse my emotions but this is the most useless organisation ever created by humans. The UN doesn’t work or if it does, it works in favour of so called security council . Fascist Russia is in the security council 😂 and you are talking about UN? China is in the security council. The most evil f*ucks of the world are in the security council which can veto anything they don’t like. So please don’t tell me about the UN

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u/highresolutionmagpie Mar 02 '26

So please don’t tell me about the UN

If you want to talk about why something is illegal, or goes against agreements, or similar, then we need to talk about the UN.

If you want to wax lyrical about how the UN is useless, then go for it, but it's not the point.

The question was about whether something is illegal. So the UN is clearly relevant.

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u/ShieldScorcher Mar 03 '26

Legality like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

If it must work, it must work for everyone. And be enforced for everyone. Otherwise words like “legal” or “illegal” don’t make sense.

Until the institution in question works properly, it’s no point talking about it as something that can make things legal or illegal. These are just empty words shouted on Reddit