This might actually work with the UN which ordered peacekeepers to surrender to the Al-Nusra Front which has pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Syrian rebels have issued three demands for the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers they’ve held captive for five days, Fiji’s military commander said Tuesday…
Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga said that the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front wanted to be taken off the UN terrorist list…
What better way to establish that you aren’t terrorists than by taking hostages and making demands.
Now it’s up to Ireland to save them…
Irish troops in armored vehicles exchanged fire with rebels Saturday as they rescued Filipino troops from one of the besieged border posts. The Indian-led, 1,250-member force includes soldiers from Fiji, India, Nepal, the Philippines and the Netherlands.
Coveney said the Irish unit remained on standby for a potential rescue of the seized Fijian troops
Now we’re really internationalizing this mess on multiple fronts.
“I’ve made it very clear that I’m not going to continue to commit Irish troops to this mission unless there’s a very fundamental review of how it’s going to operate. Clearly this is no longer a demilitarized zone,” Irish Defense Minister Simon Coveney told RTE state radio in Dublin.
“We need to get a significant reassurance from the UN, and the Syrian side, that we can operate a mission safely. The risk levels, given what’s happened over the last three days, are not acceptable.”
Syria isn’t capable of providing assurances as to the behavior of the people it’s fighting. The UN is completely useless. It makes sense to relax the rules of engagement, but at this point what’s the point?
1. The UN peacekeepers don’t actually keep the peace
2. If the UN peacekeepers are now going to fight ISIS, I doubt anyone will object, but it’s not what they’re there for which means if they start really taking casualties, they’ll pull out.
3. The current proposals to have some international force in the Jordan Valley or on the Gaza crossings is the same species of madness. No country really wants the job and will pull out the moment things get hot.
The sensible thing would be to let Israel deal with the situation and stop acting like international peacekeepers do anything useful.





















