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"Huzzah! The UN is here to save us!" (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] teslasaur@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lets be honest. If they had intervened, we would sit here and taking the piss out of the U.N. for using force during a peace-mission. Can't win.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Maybe, but a PR loss and more lives saved is better to my eyes than a PR loss and more lives lost. And God knows I've never minded defending idealistic historical failures. :p