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News & Current Events Apr 19, 2026 at 12:33 PM

French UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon, Hezbollah responsible, says Macron

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French UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon, Hezbollah responsible, says Macron
France 24
French UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon, Hezbollah responsible, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of a French UN peacekeeping soldier Saturday following an attack that also left three people wounded in southern Lebanon, saying that "everything…

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Impressive-Hold7812 6 days ago +23
Condolences to that Soldier's family, and his comrades. I think that's the shitty part about peacekeeping in an effort that has no real chance of succeeding. Because it doesn't have an achievable solution. Not by half-assed foreign missions that are practically symbolic in strength, and not by the native peoples tired of civil war. Anyone see Hezbolla being excised from Lebanon that doesn't involve total war and atrocities? The original "Lebanese Forces" (Christian militias) have folded into mainline Lebanese government. They didn't exactly have much international support during their militant years, and it looks today have shifted more and more to just trying to govern what they do have left. I am too young to remember the US period of intervention, but old enough to see the Lebanese Civil War end from what it looked like just exhaustion.
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xmuskorx 6 days ago +50
And... Will there be any consequences? Or Israel permanently alone fighting Hezbollah? We all know the answer...
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Due_Wrangler9461 6 days ago -6
The UN is never going to bomb Lebanon if that's what you're hoping for.
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xmuskorx 6 days ago +34
How about some condemnation? Issuing sanctions? Heck acknowledging that Israel is fighting and illegal terror organization? Anything?
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Due_Wrangler9461 6 days ago -22
Sanctions against... Hezbollah? Like what?
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PhantasmologicalAnus 5 days ago +11
Place heavy sanctions on everything Lebanon does until Hezbollah are not in control.
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Maybestof 5 days ago -3
Then you also further limit the Lebanese governments ability to resist Hezbollah.
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PhantasmologicalAnus 5 days ago +1
So let them both fail.
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Maybestof 5 days ago -1
And then? How would that change the status quo? In any meaningful sense, they are both failed states already.
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PhantasmologicalAnus 5 days ago +3
The terrorists would be removed. And then when the new ones set up, remove them, too. The World could do without any number you can think of, of terrorists.
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Maybestof 5 days ago
1. When has sanctions ever removed anyone from power or removed terrorists? 2. Who should go remove them? It would be very costly in money and lives. 
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xmuskorx 6 days ago +19
Yes. Sanctions ok Hezbollah Sanctions on Iran and Lebanon for enabling Hezbo
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Due_Wrangler9461 5 days ago -6
Lebanon isnt enabling anything, they hate hezbollah
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xmuskorx 5 days ago +5
Lebanon can chose to coordinate with Israel at any time to jointly remove Hezbo... But that is not happening for some reason...
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Due_Wrangler9461 5 days ago +2
Israel is bombing civilians, Lebanon isn't going to do that
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xmuskorx 5 days ago +6
Hezbollah has been bombing civilians for DECADES
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Due_Wrangler9461 5 days ago +1
Not a reason to do the same
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EU_Gene_77 5 days ago -6
The mace wielding Israeli soldier smashing Jesus on a cross in Lebanon is the one we should fight against. Same brand of fanatics as Hezbollah.
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xmuskorx 5 days ago +2
Right. A statue is worse than killing UN peace keepers...
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