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minus-squareCyroSignal54@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoI don’t think the UN “peacekeepers” are going to defend the people of Beirut.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 days agoUN Peacekeepers are really just UN War Observers.
minus-squareCyroSignal54@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIt’s a bit like coast guards…
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·5 days agoThey are a fig leaf that allows western imperialists to commit war crimes with impunity.
minus-squareColeslaw4145@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoWell legally they can’t because thats not their job.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoThen their job is uselest
minus-squareColeslaw4145@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoTheir job has nothing to do with Beirut. UNIFIL is only allowed to operate in Southern Lebanon south of the Litani river.
I don’t think the UN “peacekeepers” are going to defend the people of Beirut.
UN Peacekeepers are really just UN War Observers.
It’s a bit like coast guards…
They are a fig leaf that allows western imperialists to commit war crimes with impunity.
Well legally they can’t because thats not their job.
Then their job is uselest
Their job has nothing to do with Beirut. UNIFIL is only allowed to operate in Southern Lebanon south of the Litani river.