United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2199 (February 12, 2015) condemning any trade, in particular of oil and oil products, with ISIL (Daesh), Al-Nusrah Front, and any other entities designated as associated with al Qaeda (Courtesy UN/Loey Felipe) In other words, the latter represents a lawful use of force because it is in strict compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC). and coalition forces expend to identify targets as legitimate military objectives and minimize the potential loss of civilian life. The difference lies in the extreme efforts that U.S. The difference goes far beyond the obvious distinction in the quality and character of actors in these two scenarios. and coalition forces have been doing in Operation Inherent Resolve, and what would we call it? We would call it the lawful use of force against a military objective.
Take those same tankers, however, fill them with oil drawn from or refined in IS-controlled fields or facilities, target them on a north-bound dirt road in Syria or Iraq, as U.S. If the so-called Islamic State (IS) were to attack these vehicles on America’s highways, we would call it terrorism. From this commerce, revenue is developed, and from this revenue, taxes are drawn-taxes that ultimately provide the manpower and equipment for the Nation’s Armed Forces.
We see them every day on the highways and byways of America-18-wheel trailers and tankers hauling the goods and resources that drive the American economy. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, April 2016
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