Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon. (news.un.org)
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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 21 Oct 2024 08:29 next collapse
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 21 Oct 2024 10:40 next collapse

I wonder if Biden would legitimately side with Israel over the UN?

It’s insane that’s not an obvious answer, and I can’t wait to someday have a president I’m not embarrassed to be associated with.

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 12:40 next collapse

I think the answer is pretty obvious

abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us on 24 Oct 2024 12:43 collapse

I wonder if Biden would legitimately side with Israel over the UN?

Yes.

It’s insane that’s not an obvious answer,

No, it's an obvious yes.

See https://apnews.com/article/un-vote-palestinian-membership-us-veto-8d8ad60d8576b5ab9e70d2f8bf7e2881

Also see https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/14/aysenur-ezgi-eygi-american-turkish-woman-killed-idf-family-demands-justice

Ali said he felt that Biden’s apparent reluctance sends a message
“I feel like the blood is really on the hands of the Biden administration or whoever comes next if we don’t uphold our own laws when US citizens are killed abroad,” she said.

I can’t wait to someday have a president I’m not embarrassed to be associated with.

I wonder how long that wait will be... ):

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 11:07 collapse

Don’t those UN guys have guns? Shoot them

xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Oct 2024 12:13 collapse

That’s not how UN peacekeepers work

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 12:50 collapse

I stand corrected, their track record seems to be getting used to control unarmed crowds (throwing rocks 😱) with chemical weapons and sex trafficking in the places they’re deployed

xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Oct 2024 12:55 collapse

Absolutely wild accusations to throw out with no sources

You can’t possibly think that a monitoring mission for the UN is armed with chemical weapons lmfao

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 12:57 collapse

They tear gassed a bunch of protesters in Kosovo just last year

Here’s congo in 22

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 21 Oct 2024 13:37 next collapse

I worked with a guy who was a UN ambassador. they get shot at all-the-time, but they can’t shoot back unless they feel their life is truly in danger. we’re talking pinned down with little to no cover and zero backup from local administration.

“do the best you can without making the situation worse.” and that always means, don’t kill people.

UN forces are certified bad asses, so when you claim they’re corrupted trigger happy psychopaths, I’ll call bullshit and point out they likely were sent into dangerous situations with little to no support where you(yes you) would have little to no hope of getting out alive without making the situation even worse.

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 13:50 collapse

You seem to have lots of faith in them, I don’t particularly, though I haven’t worked with anyone who’s been getting paid to work with them either.

xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Oct 2024 13:52 collapse

“they should have killed all the Israelis, and simultaneously are bastards for using exclusively tear gas against people actively throwing petrol bombs at them, and trying to burn down the building with them inside”

What a reasonable take

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 13:55 collapse

I mean I just said they have guns, they should use them

xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Oct 2024 14:47 collapse

shoot them

Diva@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2024 14:50 collapse

Yes, shoot the guns