Re: THE EYES OF A SOLDIER

At 09:18  29/05/02 -0500, DAWGIE wrote:
>UN peacekeepers are a huge  bad joke. as are observers, and "police".
>
>again i hear this  from cousins  who served with them in the Balkans
>among other places.

I take it you are excluding from your sweeping statement the UNARMED UN 
police officers who faced down rampaging militia after the independence 
vote in East Timor, protecting East Timorese people who had taken refuge
in 
the UN compound.

Cheers

Derek

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