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I’m curious what’s exactly UN troops doing there? And why they keep closing blind eye on the largest terrorist army in the world violating UN’s own agreements?
by aristofun 2y ago
I’m curious what’s exactly UN troops doing there?
And why they keep closing blind eye on the largest terrorist army in the world violating UN’s own agreements?
Also I wonder who benefits from them intentionally not moving out of harms ways and preventing israel from doing _their_ job of eliminating terrorists?
Genuine questions, not taking any sides.
- rendall 2y agoReasonable questions. I wish I had answers.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoTheir remit for the last 20 years has been to support the Lebanese government in disarming Hezbollah. Israel is not Lebanon. The sad truth is that Lebanon never went to disarm Hezbollah and the UN didn't care. However, UNIFIL also wants to keep Israel out of Lebanon and track their intrusions. This brought UNIFIL and Israel into conflict
- aristofun 2y agoWhy do you think unifil is so crazy about israel even if they’re doing their jod for free?
- s1artibartfast 2y agothey have multiple jobs. 1) help disarm Hezbollah, 2) make sure Israel stays out of Lebanon. The area is supposed to be a DMZ and is a warzone instead. Israel's presence highlights the hollow promises and lies of the UN mediated ceasefire that ended the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war.
- aristofun 2y agoThey failed 1. Which left israel no choice. And now why don’t they use israel help to rix 1? Which would then lead to 2 naturally.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThey dont get to make these choices. The UN could vote to have them do it, but it wont support Israel. As it stands Helping Israel is against UNIFIL rules. It can only help the Lebanese government. If the Lebanese gov asked UNIFIL to attack Hezbollah, they could. But the Lebanese gov wont do that either. This leads to the current state. A UN force too small to do anything hiding in their bases and whining about Israel not staying on their side of the boarder.