U.S. strike in Syria would “act of war” illegal

The Obama administration has reason to be cautious about the U.S. intervention in Syria. For the United States to launch a military strike without the approval of the Security Council of the United Nations would “act of war” an illegal against a sovereign state. (The precedent of Kosovo can not make an illegal act legal). Awkwardly, the reality is quite different: there have been absolutely no published evidence to support the claim that the forces of President Bashar al-Assad have been responsible for this, or any other gas attack in Syria. Uncomfortable as it may be of some European governments and regional authorities, who have been cheerleaders in the case of U.S. intervention, or …