>>But seriously, rather than rewarding these troops for failing to do something they were expressly forbiden to do, they ought to put the idiots who gave them such a weak mandate up against the wall and shoot them.
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>You mean like what the UN troops are doing (or not doing) in Lebanon? Are they even still there?

they are still there and they have a mandate to sit and watch the sun set as far as i know, not allowed to do anything unless they are specifically targeted
~M