The UN observers should've been evacuated when hostilities began. The fact that it was known to the UN higher ups that Hezbollah was using the post as cover should've triggered an immediate evacuation of UN personnel.
Either the lack of common sense was intentional or it was extreme incompetence. WIth the UN it is difficult to tell the difference between intent and incompetence, but it looks increasingly like the UN observers were sacrificed to make Israel look bad.
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The UN should've gotten the unarmed observers out of there. They were there to observe a cease-fire. Once that cease fire no longer existed, there was no longer a position for observers.
I have friends who are leaving soon, for Afghanistan. It sounds bad to say this, but if something were to happen to them, I'd rather they be in a place like Afghanistan, and FULLY ARMED. In my opinion, dying as an unarmed observer,like a sitting duck, with little or no way to defend yourself, is no way for a soldier to die. The Major sent his e-mail to CTV News July 18---I wonder if he really thought the media would be smart enough to figure out what he was trying to tell them.