>as an independent state, with all the international law that would imply about respecting its independence and autonomy. The UN absolutely has provisions in i

>as an independent state, with all the international law that would imply about respecting its independence and autonomy. The UN absolutely has provisions in its charter for approved wars. The Korean war was UN approved. A regime that is violent against civilians and outwardly genocidal towards religious minorities like ISIS is exactly the situation UN approved intervention was made for (designed with the Nazi's in mind). I reject the premise that calling them a state would entail granting them anything.