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Posted by Ken Waldron
on January 5, 2020, 2:26 pm, in reply to "British support equivocal"
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"...I don't think BJ has said the assassination was legal yet." -The defence secretary already has and is parroting the US line: "Qassem Soleimani. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, confirmed that the government had ordered the vessels on Saturday night ‘to take all necessary steps to protect our ships and citizens at this time’. In a statement, Mr Wallace also said President Trump acted lawfully in his decision to launch a US airstrike at Baghdad Airport killing Soleimani...‘General Soleimani has been at the heart of the use of proxies to undermine neighbouring sovereign nations and target Iran’s enemies. Under international law the United States is entitled to defend itself against those posing an imminent threat to their citizens. https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/1578187138.html |