Since we are entering new and uncharted territory in 2024, here is a fun debate:

“Is Russia allowed to bomb embassies of countries waging a proxy war against Russia?”

David Cameron says yes. What does PARD say?

Get the Canadians first, they are not to be trusted

afaik Israels attack and Irans response were both contrary to international law

So to answer your question, no russia is not allowed.

Western heads would explode if Russia bombed another countries embassy, another 10.000 sanctions would be issued and what have you

Has Israel faced any consequences yet? LMK

I'm not well versed in these things but wouldn't Iran's response fall under UN Charter article 51? They targeted the airfields that would have been used to carry out the strike AFAIK which could be construed as a defensive measure against further attack. It would be a disingenuous interpretation of what constitutes defense IMO but I don't think it would be at odds with the popular usage of the term.

I can only quote experts, but from what i understand the timeframe is a problem and also that alot of attacks are performed by proxies which are not regulated well and the timeframe.

https://www.justsecurity.org/94635/iran-israel-hostilities/

"....main problem with Iran’s Article 51 argument here is that its response took place two weeks after the attack to which it was allegedly responding, and was repeatedly phrased by Iran’s leaders as an act of punishment or retaliation. This makes it a prohibited forcible reprisal rather than a defensive action....."

This post was edited by BaHgerAUT on Apr 18 2024 01:33am

Ah okay fair enough, thank you.

no, they are still delusional. you cant attribute common sense without evidence.

where did he say that ?

Probably referring to this interview, I think there is some room for interpretation but IMO that was the implication, at the very least he downplays the significance of it quite heavily.