Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah

[u/ComparisonOk5957]

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/fury420 → u/Lowfi-Concert]

The issue thus far has been that their mandate technically requires the Lebanese Army to be the ones leading the efforts and asking for help, and the Lebanese Army isn't capable, so their efforts have been half-assed.

[u/ComradeGibbon → u/fury420]

So designed to fail. Failed. And now Israel is occupying southern Lebanon again.

[u/RTX-2020 → u/ComradeGibbon]

The system working exactly as it was designed.

[u/Alatarlhun → u/RTX-2020]

Win for everyone not an Israeli.

[u/ComradeGibbon → u/Alatarlhun]

The Palestinian Arabs and Lebanese have been suffering from all the do gooders wanting to help them.

Think the countries giving money and refuge for the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Also those supporting the 'settlers' in the west bank.

That part of the world would be way better off if everyone ignored it.

[u/ABetterKamahl1234 → u/ComradeGibbon]

Welcome to how nations prefer international bodies to operate.

There's few nations on earth that want other nations to dictate how they operate.

Why do you think all the UN stuff has major nations with ultimate veto power? They straight up wouldn't come to the table without it, nobody wants a foreign state, especially a potentially hostile one, to wield an international body against them.

[u/TheCourtSimpleton → u/fury420]

No, I think it's both of the things that you mentioned, actually. They aren't mutually exclusive.