Perhaps you missed the point Gary66.  International law protects neutral nations from opportunistic aggression.  This is similar to local laws that protect you from being beaten by an aggressive person.  The United States sneaked around international law by lying.  There are currently 20+ neutral nations, although some are questionable since they sneak in supplying weapons and support to some warring countries.  Some neutrals have no military, while some do.  Japan is one neutral country with a large military.  Considering the aggressor that the United States is, ask yourself this, why have they not taken over the 20+ other neutrals since they obviously have the military force to do so.