Unless unrelenting and overwhelming force is used to wipe this scourge from the face of the earth – something that the Security Council would never authorize – nothing the Security Council can say or do will make any difference.
UN Security Council’s Feel-Good Resolution Against ISIS
On February 12th, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to respond to the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as the al Nusra Front and other groups associated with al Qaeda in Syria and Iraq. The resolution, which Russia of all countries put forward, was adopted under the legally binding provisions contained in Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
