Sending in peacekeepers who cannot shoot back is absurd. It's political cowardice at it's worst. We really need to figure out this world governance thing and how to effectively rebuild rogue nation states. I'm not sure what that looks like, but probably not the UN.
"Then they [the Croatian militants] issued an ultimatum: hand over the three Muslim nurses, and we will leave you alone."<p>Quite nauseating to think that this happened in Europe in the 90's.<p>Edit: even more nauseating to go on vacation there and realize that the people who did this are no different from yourself. This could happen anywhere.
The tough part is to find the right balance between top down management that usually results in paralyzing micromanagment, preventing quick and dynamic reaction, and a possible loss of control over the single acting units turning into rogue actors.<p>As the article correctly states, this is an issue of trust, but trust can only be earned with experience, which is lacking in such a complex environment.
"The culture of mission command in Sweden dates back to 1943, when senior Swedish army officers were taking note of the tactical superiority of German troops fighting Soviets on the Eastern Front."<p>Auftragstaktik: mission command - part of the German Army doctrine developed in the 19th C. TN DuPuy's Genius for War gives an excellent explanation.
Missing a dash between "trigger" and "happy" is bothering me more than it should. Reads like a new vulnerability name...<p>Please fix the title as it is "Trigger-Happy" in the original.