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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
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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 Apr 19, 2026 +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 Apr 19, 2026 +50
And... Will there be any consequences? Or Israel permanently alone fighting Hezbollah? We all know the answer...
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Due_Wrangler9461 Apr 19, 2026 -6
The UN is never going to bomb Lebanon if that's what you're hoping for.
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xmuskorx Apr 19, 2026 +34
How about some condemnation? Issuing sanctions? Heck acknowledging that Israel is fighting and illegal terror organization? Anything?
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Due_Wrangler9461 Apr 19, 2026 -22
Sanctions against... Hezbollah? Like what?
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 19, 2026 +11
Place heavy sanctions on everything Lebanon does until Hezbollah are not in control.
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Maybestof Apr 20, 2026 -3
Then you also further limit the Lebanese governments ability to resist Hezbollah.
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PhantasmologicalAnus Apr 20, 2026 +1
So let them both fail.
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Maybestof Apr 20, 2026 -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 Apr 20, 2026 +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 Apr 20, 2026
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 Apr 19, 2026 +19
Yes. Sanctions ok Hezbollah Sanctions on Iran and Lebanon for enabling Hezbo
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Due_Wrangler9461 Apr 20, 2026 -6
Lebanon isnt enabling anything, they hate hezbollah
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xmuskorx Apr 20, 2026 +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 Apr 20, 2026 +2
Israel is bombing civilians, Lebanon isn't going to do that
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xmuskorx Apr 20, 2026 +6
Hezbollah has been bombing civilians for DECADES
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Due_Wrangler9461 Apr 20, 2026 +1
Not a reason to do the same
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EU_Gene_77 Apr 20, 2026 -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 Apr 20, 2026 +2
Right. A statue is worse than killing UN peace keepers...
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