They are sooooooooooooo brave
Posted on 06/06/2013 7:50:36 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will withdraw its peacekeepers from the U.N. monitoring force on the Golan Heights given worsening fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels, it said on Thursday.
Austrians account for about 380 of the 1,000-strong U.N. force monitoring a ceasefire between Syria and Israel, and their departure will deal a serious blow to the mission.
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It came hours after Syrian rebels seized a U.N.-manned border crossing linking Syria and Israel on Thursday. Israeli security sources later reported Syrian troops had retaken it after heavy fighting.
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Best git while the gittin’ is good.....
UN peacekeepers are about as useless as teats on a bore. Besides, when was the last time that Austria actually won a war or protected something? 1803?
Vienna School Bans Teaching About Gates of Vienna to Avoid Offending Muslims
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/vienna-school-bans-teaching-about-gates-of-vienna-to-avoid-offending-muslims/
The Austrians should be sure to leave behind a warm apple strudel for the Syrians. I’m sure they’d appreciate it.
Austria has its’ own military? Who knew???
I thought we took care of that for them. I suppose the Bundeswehr did too...
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