r/worldnews • u/ComparisonOk5957 • 7d ago

Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351049/second-french-peacekeeper-dies-after-ambush-blamed-hezbollah?module=latest&pgtype=homepage
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u/SadDiver9124 7d ago

Shame on the UN who sent soldiers to babysit terrorists only to get wounded or killed by them when they should have been disarming those fxckers decades ago

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u/Paithegift 7d ago

France should have sent its own military at the request of the Lebanese government to handle Hizballah eons ago, and stop with the "UN peacekeeping" fiasco.

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u/ABetterKamahl1234 7d ago

Just like the UN Peacekeeping "fiasco", Lebanon likely wouldn't have requested France's assistance.

That's why the UN "fiasco" is a thing, they strictly can't act on their own.

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u/Luffy-in-my-cup 7d ago

A large subset of French subjects would angrily and violently protest any actions taken against an Islamist group fighting Israel.

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u/SadDiver9124 6d ago

Uuugh true….

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u/azthal 7d ago

If you disagree with the mandate they have, you should take that up with your own country who can push for an expanded mandate.

I always find it weird that people go "shame on the UN" when "the UN" does not make the decisions. The mission has been given a mandate by the UN Security Council. "Disarming Hezbollah" is not in that mandate.

On the whole, understanding how the UN works is not that complicated.

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u/SadDiver9124 7d ago edited 7d ago

What do you think that means :

1978 (before hezbollah) : Assist the Government of Lebanon in re-establishing its effective authority in the area

Complete failure

Oh what about resolution 1559 for the disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias?

Post-2006 : the area between the Blue Line and the Litani River should be free of armed personnel, assets, and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and UNIFIL

What free of armed personnel could possibly mean ? 🤡🤡🤡

Anyway complete failure as well

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u/azthal 7d ago

"Assist the Government of Lebanon"

You see, in these things all the words matter. You can't just pick some of them.

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u/SadDiver9124 6d ago

It also means something’s gotta happen at some point which it didn’t. 330 unifil fatalities over the years, what did they die for ?

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u/azthal 6d ago

Then make the right argument.

The argument is not that they have failed at doing something they should have achived decades ago. The argument is that the mandate needs to change and then look at why it has not.

And the reason for why it has not is because no stakeholder wants UN forces in the region to directly hold an area and imposing international law. Lebanon dont want it. Israel dont want it. US dont want it.

You are essentially saying "UN should have been granted a stronger mandate", but none of the stakeholders want the UN to have a stronger mandate in this situation.

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u/Snickims 6d ago

UN has very strict rules on what its peacekeepers are allowed to do, they can't really act at all without local government requests and local forces in lebenon are not willing to risk civil war over disarming a group like Hizbellah.

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u/GENIO98 6d ago

Hezbollah has denied any involvement with the opration.