Homeland Security Chief Supports Cross-Border Raids

Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security at the Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on the "G8 Summit and Related Issues." (Photo from The State Department)

U.S. Security Chief Says Cross-Border Raids
Necessary -- Reuters Alert

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A country should have the right to attack another if it is harbouring a potential terrorist threat, the U.S. homeland security chief said in remarks appearing to justify recent U.S. raids in Pakistan and Syria.

Laying out what amounts to a broadened definition of self-defence, Michael Chertoff said international law should accommodate a country's need to deter a possible threat abroad even if it meant taking pre-emptive action.

His remarks, at a discussion on democracy held in the British parliament, follow recent secret raids by U.S. forces into Pakistan and Syria that were justified using a similiar rationale and drew condemnation from those countries.

"International law must begin to recognise that part of the responsibility of sovereignty is the responsibility to make sure that your own country does not become a platform for attacking other countries," Chertoff told an audience on Thursday night.

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My Comment: America's days of not doing anything are over .... you harbor terrorists .... you will be hit.