ClaireBear
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Why is it that I got exactly what Les was saying in the first instance... and it takes others a 17 post long exchange to get it?
Good point Winky....Winky said:Yeah the pressure of delivering the mail hence the term going postal. lol
What I was trying to get at was the members of the U.N. Security Forces that are committing these acts are hmmm how do I put this without drawing the ire of a certain American Serviceman...
Drawn from the population of the surrounding countries?
BBC Link
these were French, Haitian, Tunisian, and Australians. Gonz's link details atrocities by Canadians and Belgiums.Raven said:Good point Winky....
They come from that society and don't actually see anything wrong with it themselves as they have seen it all around them growing up etc and it is generally expected of them. Then when they get drawn into the UN peacekeeping force they do it because of the reasons given above and the western troops/aides are witnessing this for the first time and the difference in culture and morals brings up this situation.
Leslie said:it's FREAKIN cold here!!
Leslie said:these were French, Haitian, Tunisian, and Australians. Gonz's link details atrocities by Canadians and Belgiums.
Leslie said:There is no question that whatever is broke within this Peacekeeping machine has got to be fixed.