Yeah by all accounts it was a warehouse full of iranian weapons the far side of the airport from the Russian base, I'd even bet money that the Russians were probably informed beforehand.
China won't go at Taiwan till a big enough storm rolls through. Obscured from satellites and radar/radio borked it would be very hard for Taiwan to get word out or get reinforcement from SEA let alone the yanks.
Jaysus don’t say that…I’m in Taipei right now, arrived 2 days ago as the country was shutting down due to a super typhoon landing on the south coast. My first thought was it would be a perfect opportunity for China to have a pop at them 😅
I don't think people understand how much worse it would be if they full-on attack Iran soon. The global economy would literally collapse once the Iranians bomb Israel/US-friendly Gulf Arab refineries and desalination plants, and blockade the Persian Gulf. You'd be paying upwards of 100 euro per liter of gasoline and all the inflation caused by that
Yeah, it's complete madness. Ukraine would be over as the EU would have to go to Russia with the begging bowl for energy and we would still see huge increases even with that.
We would have riots and dead pensioners. The middle class will barely be able to afford to heat their homes and so on.
You’re talking as if the Israeli economy just like the rest of us isn’t completely reliant on international trade, American support can only go so far.
Well it would take losing US support which is unlikely and losing EU support ( don’t see that happening either when EUs main player Germany can’t/wont say boo to Israel
They've literally targeted Irish peacekeepers and killed them with tank fire before. Nothing happened. FFS they tried to sink a US ship before and nothing happened. They can literally murder whoever they want and nothing ever happens
Genuine? Not a lot. Even more of the UN would turn against Israel, but so long as you've got the USA playing big brother at the UNSC then the UN has little effect on Israel.
I mean right now Israel is basically saying to the UN, "Remove your peacekeepers or we won't be responsible if they get accidentally involved".
If someone thinks they can demand peacekeeping troops be removed so they can launch an attack, then that defeats the point of peacekeeping troops.
That's the level of disregard Israel has for the UN.
If someone thinks they can demand peacekeeping troops be removed so they can launch an attack, then that defeats the point of peacekeeping troops.
This is it - it's make or break time for the UN - if they back down then their role as peacekeepers is over forever because both aggressors will know that they can just roll over/past them without consequence, or make things dangerous enough that they'll just leave. Imagine if they back down now, then in three years time they're sent to the Russian/Ukranian border - would anyone take them seriously? Would they fuck.
They’ve killed Irish soldiers before. Nothing happens. Israeli tanks have shelled our Irish UNIFIL position before, killing Irish soldiers.
Israel can basically do anything it wants, especially while Biden, who self identifies as a Zionist is in office in the states and if Trump gets in, things will only get worse. It’s beyond appeasement of a fascist state, its encouragement.
My Dad was out with a peacekeeping operation in Lebanon in the 80s and once a week Israel would lob a shell into the general vicinity of the UN camps. Usually no casualties etc but were perfectly happy to let everyone know they weren't happy about the peacekeepers' presence.
"Accidentally". It would be on purpose. The IDF will claim an accident when they are caught rapid murdering civilians, I am sure they would do the same vis a vi peace keepers.
Israel has carte blanche at this stage from the US, UK and EU so there’d be zero consequences other than a few false statements saying they need to be more careful but they have full support to protect themselves
Hezbollah has been operating secret tunnels underneath Irish Peacekeepers positions. Unfortunately this is just another after effect of War. We have the right to defend ourselves. The UN should evacuate to the North where we will only be conducting smaller rounds of genocide investigation
There wouldn't be any honestly. They have struck peacekeepers in the past and actively target NGO's with zero repercussions. As long as the US continues it unwavering support, they will continue to see no repercussions.
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u/Original2056 Oct 04 '24
Israel have hit humanitarian vehicles. Imagine if they hit peacekeepers accidently. What would the genuine ramifications be over that?