Posted on 09/02/2014 7:11:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Good for them. Surrendering to people who practice beheading religiously is ill advised.
This whole mess is yet another of the innumerable reminders that international forces placed around Israel to absolutely nothing and surrender or run away at the first sign of trouble. That’s why the touted EU initiative to put international forces between Israel and Hamas is a stupid and destructive venture.
The Philippine military said Monday that a UN peacekeeping commander in the Golan Heights should be investigated for allegedly asking Filipino troops to surrender to Syrian rebels who had attacked and surrounded their camp
Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang said he advised the 40 Filipino peacekeepers not to lay down their arms, and they defied the UN peacekeeping commander’s order. Instead, they staged a daring escape from the Golan camp over the weekend, ending a tense, dayslong standoff.
The disagreement is another blow to a UN peacekeeping mission that has been threatened by an escalation of violence in a buffer zone it has been guarding between Israel and Syria. A number of countries have withdrawn their troops from the peacekeeping force due to rising rebel attacks.
Forty-five Fijian peacekeepers who surrendered their firearms to the rebels last week are still being held by the al-Qaida-linked insurgents.
The commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, or UNDOF, which supervises the peacekeeping mission in Golan, was overseeing talks with the Syrian rebels to secure the freedom of the Fijians. However, Catapang said he would not agree to any resolution of the hostage crisis that would put Filipino troops in grave danger.
When the besieged Filipino troops sought his advice after they were ordered to lay down their arms as part of an arrangement with the rebels to secure the Fijians’ release, Catapang said he asked them to defy the order.
“I told them not to follow the order because that is a violation of our regulation, that we do not surrender our firearms, and, at the same time, there is no assurance that you will be safe after you give your firearms,” Catapang said.
UNDOF did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
He’s quite right that negotiating with terrorists doesn’t work and terrorists should not be trusted. This is why Israel should not be expected to surrender in the hopes that the terrorists will keep up their end of the deal.
They haven’t and they don’t.
I believe it was Emilaino Zapata who said something like “I rather die on my feet than live upon my knees.”
That guy looks pissed and rightly so.
One of the hardest things I’ve ever done is telling my son not to let them take him alive if the base is over run. This was before he left for Afghanistan. Hard thing for a mother to do.
So who was the Muslim-supporting UN “Commander” who ordered them to lay down their arms? Why is it we don’t have this idiot’s name??? It’s amazing how the left works these things totally in reverse against their enemies. If this was a doctor refusing an abortion, that doctor’s name would be in the news 24/7 for a week, and they’d mobilize their mob goons to surround that doctor’s house.
Still more utterly self-destructive policy from the idiots at the UN.
What are the odds the Fijians will be murdered by ISIS ?
RE: Gen. Catapang is a hero.
As someone who spent time in the Philippines, I find the name of the general to be quite fitting for his character.
The word “tapang” in Ca-tapang, means BRAVE in Tagalog.
Well we know at least 1 group of men who have not had their balls removed yet. Hoo-ah!
Every blue helmet I see would catch a round.
Unless you want to be Thursday nights “entertainment” and have your head sawed off, surrender is not a good option.
Surrendering to the likes of ISIS would only mean a terrible death. Thus, one might as well fight to the bitter end, even if it means fighting with one’s bare hands.
IS already has Fijian hostages captured in the Golan Heights buffer zone according to the story.
Well, the more hostages they have, the much easier it will be to retake the Golan Heights from Israel. The world would shriek with antisemitism if the Israelis defended themselves and in the process killed UN hostages.
Better to just have the Golan Heights returned to Syria (IS), wouldn't you think? The UN (US Left, Marxists, communists, etc and enough redundancy) can't get Israel to return the Golan Heights any other way, so why not use this sinister “tactic”?
Makes one wonder why the UN issues weapons to its “peacekeepers.”
The UN does no such thing. Member countries bring their own equipment, including weapons. It's a rent a cop operation and many third world countries fund their military through these UN missions.
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