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Source: https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-an-emergency-un-security-council-briefing-on-iran/
U.S. Tells UN: "Peace Is Not Preserved by Appeasing Those Who Threaten It"
(U.S. Mission to the UN) Amb. Mike Waltz - U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told the UN Security Council on Saturday: "The most fundamental duty of any sovereign government is the protection of its people. Operation Epic Fury is directed toward specific and strategic objectives: to dismantle missile capabilities that threaten allies, to degrade naval assets used to destabilize international waters, to disrupt the machinery that arms proxy militias, and to ensure the Iranian regime never ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon." "For decades, the Iranian regime has willfully destabilized the world. It has killed American forces and citizens, threatened regional allies, and jeopardized the security of international shipping upon which the world depends. Its massive support for violent proxies, declared terrorist organizations - the Houthis, Hizbullah, Hamas, and others - has brought bloodshed and disorder across the Middle East for far too long....Our men and women have paid for the actions of this regime and the IRGC with their lives. No responsible nation can ignore persistent aggression and violence." "Where the UN lacks moral clarity, the United States of America will maintain it. Indiscriminate and unprovoked attacks by the Iranian regime today against our regional partners - Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and others - reinforce precisely why such actions are necessary. The regime has not only struck military assets but civilian infrastructure as well. Those who stand with us must know that their security is not negotiable. The safety of our allies is not conditional. It is assured. The bottom line is this: our allies and partners can count on the United States." "Peace is not preserved by appeasing those who threaten it. Peace is preserved through strength in the face of terror. History has taught us that the cost of inaction is far greater than the burden of decisive action." "The United States strongly rejects this ridiculous and frankly farcical assertion that U.S. actions are inconsistent with international law....The Iranian regime...has waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder. It is responsible for a series of unprovoked armed attacks targeting the United States and Israel, violations of the UN Charter, and threats to international peace and security across the Middle East. It has even attempted to assassinate the U.S. President." "The United States has made every effort to negotiate a peaceful resolution of this conflict with Iran, but Iran has failed to take that opportunity. So in close coordination with the Government of Israel, the United States has taken lawful actions to address these threats, in line with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations."