Israel pissed off at Austrian withdrawal from Golan Heights

[Iormlund]

If they are not there ready to fight, what the fuck are we sending them for?

Because it's an observer force.

The Bekaa Valley could be covered with warehouses full of ordinance and they wouldn't have a clue. And unless things have changed much lately, their partners on patrol in the Lebanese Armed Forces are under Syrian influence.

UNIFIL is effectively a human-shield force and little more.

[Malthus]

Not surprising at all. A more egregious case of this happened shortly before the 1973 war.

Oh by the way, how's the UN supervised disarmament of Hezbollah progressing?

The most famous example was immediately prior to the 1967 war. Nasser ordered the UN peacekeepers out of the Sinai - and they left.

[Warspite]

If they are not there ready to fight, what the fuck are we sending them for?

Because it's an observer force.

The Bekaa Valley could be covered with warehouses full of ordinance and they wouldn't have a clue. And unless things have changed much lately, their partners on patrol in the Lebanese Armed Forces are under Syrian influence.

UNIFIL is effectively a human-shield force and little more.

I'm talking about the Golan mission. UNIFIL can't really do much because it does not have the mandate or resources to wade into complex sectarian politics.

[Iormlund]

I see. That particular discussion was on the Spanish UNIFIL task force.

[Viking]

If they are not there ready to fight, what the fuck are we sending them for?

Because it's an observer force.

The Bekaa Valley could be covered with warehouses full of ordinance and they wouldn't have a clue. And unless things have changed much lately, their partners on patrol in the Lebanese Armed Forces are under Syrian influence.

UNIFIL is effectively a human-shield force and little more.

I'm talking about the Golan mission. UNIFIL can't really do much because it does not have the mandate or resources to wade into complex sectarian politics.

The difference between Golan and Syria is that Assad can get away with not fighting, Hizbullah can't.