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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I actually struggle to identify examples of successful UN peacekeeping missions.
I note a distinct lack of citing any successful UN peacekeeping missions.
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I can't think of any either.
If
The Star would listen to me, I'd suggest that their reporter visit the UN websites for the African missions that are under consideration. A couple of those are the Central African Republic and Mali. All three of those have
significant numbers of child soldiers.
How will
The Star view Canadian soldiers having to shoot children?
Our own elected members are still trying to fry the Military Police over Afghan detainees. I can just imagine the outcry the first time some poor trigger puller offs a child soldier to save his own life and CBC features 300 redundant stories complete with blurry video of the bodies. Don't expect a single minute of political defense from Trudeau for doing the right thing.
Regardless of self-defence or otherwise, what will the impact be on the soldiers (ie, PTSD or the new buzz word, 'moral injury')?
With those thoughts in mind, wade through the bureaucratic-jargon on the UN website and actually read those missions' mandates. While there are some that seem valid (eg, protecting civilians), there are a couple (eg, protecting heritage sites), that I think are total BS.
Mind you, even those reasons have not been formally raised as justification, which has so far been limited to: a) help Canada's bid for a UNSC seat; and b) get at least one NDHQ member a bit of coloured ribbon for DEU, both of which are
