The idea of an international rule of law appeals very fundamentally to our innate sense of justice … The Corbett Report: International Law, James Corbett online 2013
The CFR [Council on Foreign Relations] was behind the creation of the League of Nations. ibid.
‘A new partnership of nations has begun.’ ibid. George H W Bush
‘Empire-building throughout history is the result of conquest – the use or threat of a superior military force. The US global empire is no exception … They cite imperial legal doctrine to justify their intervention to suppress a subject people in revolt. While empires arose through the direct or indirect use of unbridled force, the maintenance and consolidation of empires requires a legal framework … Legality is really an extension of imperial conquest by other means.’ ibid. Professor James Petras