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Re "U.S. readies case for possible strike against Syria," Aug. 30 Associated Press article:
After the U.N. Security Council refused to endorse a war on Syria, and after the U.K. Parliament took public opinion into account and declined to join a "Coalition of the Willing" to attack Syria, one local member of Congress - Rep. Eliot Engel - called for a clearly illegal attack on Syria, without any actual evidence that the government used chemical weapons. I have searched my memory - and the record - for an example of Engel's opposition to a single war anywhere since he joined Congress 25 years ago; not a single example was found.
But the silence from Rep. Nita Lowey is deafening. I, for one, want to know where she stands. Does she recognize the rule of law under the U.N. Charter, which makes war illegal unless authorized by the U.N. Security Council? Or does she not?