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Don't forget the brave Dutch battalion that protected the civilians of Srebrenica in the secure UN enclave, oh wait, they didn't, they handed them off to Serb f

• mcv 4y ago
  It was a badly thought out mission that was handed to the wrong unit and didn't receive any of the support it needed. There's no way a light infantry battalion could have defended Srebrenica from Mladic's army. It was theatre based on the hope that Mladic wouldn't attack. While it was a particularly poor showing for a UN mission, and badly handled at every possible level, I don't think it's comparable raping children. It wasn't the UN soldiers who murdered the civilians, they were just completely unable to prevent it, and provided only an illusion of defense.
  • ekanes 4y ago
    All of that might be true, but sometimes, especially if you're a soldier, the right thing to do is die trying.
    • mcv 4y ago
      You want to condemn soldiers to death because everybody else abandoned them?
• PicassoCTs 4y ago
  Then there were the Nordbats: https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2017/9/20/trigger-happy-autonomous-and-disobedient-nordbat-2-and-mission-command-in-bosnia https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2017/9/20/trigger-h...
  • actionfromafar 4y ago
    AKA Shootbat
    • PicassoCTs 4y ago
      The pattern of civilized diplomats and governments being incapable to handle or even imagine the dog-dominates-dog perspectives of aggressors, even chastising parties acting appropriate, while being placated by other diplomats- who try to gamble for time, to create facts on the ground. If anything, the doves are way to often the pets of the butcher.