The United States is violating the UN Charter and the International Criminal Court by conducting a war of aggression against Syria, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Friday while commenting on a statement by US Senator Tim Kaine who condemned recent US military strikes on Syrian forces as “completely illegal.”
“I think the military action that is being taken against Syrian government assets is completely illegal,” Kaine, a former running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said on Wednesday.
The US military has attacked Syrian government forces at least four times in recent months, including a missile strike in April against a Syrian airfield from which Washington said a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched. And last week, a US Navy fighter shot down a Syrian warplane.
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