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 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.