>The suggestion of this thread title is that the Dutch soldiers were ordered to protect the Bosnians, were trained and equipped to do so, but purposely disobeyed those orders. That is really not an appropriate conclusion.
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>It makes more sense to question the UN and the other powers in charge of military operations. Not the soldiers on the ground.


Agreed. The title is biased and misleading. The fault is with the UN mandate, not the troops who had little choice and not enough power to affect the outcome. IfSay the situation was the same, but with Turkish troops under UN mandate instead of Dutch. Would they have fought and died, without enough weapons, support and air power? Or would have doen the same as the Dutch? You cannot put troops in an impossible situation and expect miracles to happen.