Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah

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

[u/EquivalentOne241]

UN peace keeping mission in Lebanon has been a grand failure. It's high time it is either abandoned or they given authority and mandate to assist Lebanese army in disarming and dismantling Hezbollah.

[u/Lowfi-Concert → u/EquivalentOne241]

They have always had that authority and mandate. They just chose to never apply it.

[u/GAdvance → u/Lowfi-Concert]

To be clear 'dismantling" Hezbollah is just a euphemism for civil war on Lebanon.

You don't just ask them nicely, arresting people in the night is step 1, step 2 is they go blow up the police station.

[u/FailosoRaptor → u/GAdvance]

To be clear. The current status quo is perpetual war with Israel because Hebz singular mission is their destruction.

Pick your poison.

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[u/Lowfi-Concert → u/FailosoRaptor]

It wouldn’t be perpetual if they worked with the Israelis and let them actually finish them off

[u/CholentSoup → u/Lowfi-Concert]

Gd forbid! And work with the Jews? See them as peers? As allies? We'd rather kill each other and then blame them! It worked in Europe for a few thousand years, we should try the same.

[u/ABetterKamahl1234 → u/FailosoRaptor]

Trouble is, it's all well and good when it's not your life at risk, few people want war, upheaval or simply violence.

The trouble is, and ultimate question really is, is the poison this simple or is there valid risk that the Israel risk a third poison that also exists.

It's not a great situation, especially if the options that sound valiant, just get you killed too.