This is why Israel doesn't trust the UN. They make promises they don't and/or can't keep. The UN has all these high ideals and hopes but in the end it's a debate club that doesn't have its own strength of arms or morality to keep the peace or their own promises. The reason the Dutch parliament resigned is because they did have the moral fiber to say they did wrong. To say they should have saved lives rather than following UN orders that resulted in death. They were there to protect life. The failure was not theirs but they accept it anyway.
At 03:06 PM 4/16/02, you wrote: >Over 7000 men killed, because they were disarmed by the UN which then >refused to protect them. >Ouch. > >--------------------------: >"Hi there, > >> The entire Dutch Congress resigned after a report about the Balkans >> and accusations that Dutch peacekeepers did too little to prevent a >> massacre? >> >> What's up with that DD? > >In a nutshell, Dutch peacekeepers were sent in to protect an enclave >against the Serbs armed with nothing but light vehicles (pretty nifty >ones, but light nevertheless) and light weapons. They had no UN >mandate to do anything but observe. When the serbs attacked there was >the option of air support, which would have driven them back, but the >UN blocked it. Over 7000 Bosnian men were subsequently killed while >they had disarmed because they trusted the UN. > >A recent report cleared the soldiers of most if not all blame, but >was less kind on the politicians. A few ministers then decided to do >the honorable thing, and in their wake the rest of the gov't >followed. > >A mild punishment, IMHO, as several of the soldiers involved took >their own lives because of he trauma. (Just to give you an impression >of how bad it was). > >I still think we shouldn't have been there, but as we had disarmed >the people who were defending themselves against genocide, I believe >heads should roll in more ways than career-wise. > >Elections are up soon, so the gov't will go on without making major >decissions untill then. > >Greetz. >DD. > >------------------------- > >-Gel > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
