[Opinion] International Law Can't Stop Tyrannical Regimes
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In weaponizing these slogans, Iran built a network of proxy forces – Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen and Shiite militias across Iraq. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) created a military machine with thousands of ballistic missiles and drones to attack Israeli population centers and block vital shipping lanes, and armed terror cells that carried out heinous slaughter from Jerusalem to Bulgaria to Buenos Aires. The so-called “international community,” including powerful NGO leaders like Ken Roth, politicians such as Helen Clark, and United Nations agencies tasked with guarding international stability and justice, turned a blind eye, and hypocritically condemned counterstrikes.