Obama and international law

"Second: Although Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, claimed in her words "a fundamental principle in the United Nations Charter that gives countries the right to defend themselves, including using force on another country’s territory when that country is unwilling or unable to address it," there is no rule in the Charter that would permit one country (in this case Iraq) to invite a second country (the United States) to bomb a third country (Syria) at the discretion of the first and second countries and without Security Council authorization." (thanks Amir)