Tyranny’s Useful Idiot - The Narrative of International Law as an Obstacle to “Just Wars” Against Dictators Janz, Christopher Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-03-27 eng
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 In the aftermath of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, the US and Israel attempted to portray the attack as the continuation of an ongoing conflict, self-defence, as well as a humanitarian effort. However, most international lawyers condemned the attack as “manifestly illegal”. In response, they argued that the illegality “must be weighed against the principle of reality”, “given the murderous nature of the Iranian regime”. This narrative characterises international law as tyranny’s useful idiot. In reality, it serves as a justification to abandon the law as a practice to legitimise political actions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Janz, Christopher International Law Iran Iran Israel Israel USA USA just war self-defence Iran Israel USA 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/tyrannys-useful-idiot/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20260327-163449-0 260327 10.17176/20260327-163449-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)