Conan: The Mechanic

"..." Ayumi looked at these, but suddenly heard a voice with a completely different tone from those of the fanatics from behind.

"Are they provoking us like this?"

Ayumi turned her head, only to see two white soldiers in military uniforms looking at the Tutsi people who were being flogged across a barbed wire fence that separated their place from the courtyard where the moving white building was located. And it was one of them who spoke.

"Probably so, otherwise there is no explanation for doing such a thing next door to us..." Another soldier said. "asshole……"

"But... what can I do? If there is something rash, I'll probably be bombarded like before?"

"Yeah, the satellite image sent a few days ago shows that heavy firepower seems to be prepared where it can cover us. Probably if we do it, we will launch a strong offensive immediately? We took the initiative to declare war when we were blown to pieces."

"Damn... Seriously, it's really scary to stay in such a precarious place, but..."

"But it's not reconciled to see them continue to commit such crimes, right?"

"Yeah, why did they all withdraw? Even if we want to do something like this now, we are not the opponent's opponent at all!"

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"Who are they?" Ayumi asked Chiba.

"A soldier of the United Nations peacekeeping force." Chiba's explanation was straightforward.

"There are United Nations peacekeepers here?" Ayumi lost her voice. "They just watched... watching them get whipped?"

"Uh... what do you think they can do?" Qian Yu glanced at the protective equipment on the soldiers, and then looked at the Tutsi people who were being flogged. "You give an example, let's take a look."

"Rescue them?" Ayumi tentatively offered her opinion.

"Well..." Qian Yu pouted. "If they have a full 2,200 people, maybe they can really try to accommodate Tutsi refugees a little bit, and then have a head-to-head defensive battle with the army in the area. And if there are 1,500 people left, If troops from nearby countries are dispatched as peacekeeping forces in the future, it may be able to support the goal of maintaining peace by force. But...you let an infantry company do this kind of thing...isn't it hard for a strongman? Hmm...I mean Yes, about 150-200 troops, with less than 100 military observers. It is absolutely impossible for such a number to actually carry out any meaningful task of interfering in the situation in Rwanda - even if it is partially impossible, Because the number is too small. If they really choose to intervene here, then maybe ... will soon be pushed out by the regular army of Rwanda."

"How come there are only such a small number of soldiers?" Ayumi showed a puzzled look. "Did you say it just now? 'There are 2,200 people fully loaded,' which means there should be 2,200 people here, but there are only 150-200 people? How could such a thing happen?"

"Go ask the United Nations," Qianyu sighed. "Well... let me put it this way, by reciting official documents."

"April 20, 1994, Special Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda."

“Article 5: […The Belgian Government has decided to withdraw the Belgian battalion within UNAMIR following the killing of 10 Belgian soldiers in UNAMIR and threats to Belgian nationals…]”

“Article VII: […after the evacuation of Belgian contingent personnel and other non-essential contingent personnel, the number of UNAMIR military personnel decreased to 1,515 on 20 April (from 2,165), plus 190 military observers (from 321), a total of 1,705 (from 2,486)]”

“Article VIII: […At the request of the Council, on 14 April I presented two broad options for dealing with this highly unstable and unpredictable state of affairs in Rwanda…]”

“Article 15: [The second option is an amendment to the second option presented to the Security Council on 14 April. Under this concept, a team led by the Force Commander, plus the necessary staff , will remain in Kigali as an intermediary between the two parties to try to bring the two sides to a ceasefire agreement...]"

“Article 16: [The team will require the support of an infantry company for security and a number of military observers to monitor the situation, estimated to be around 270 in total in addition to civilian staff. Others will withdraw...]"

"United Nations Resolution 912 (1994), adopted at the 3368th meeting of the Security Council on 21 April 1994, they finally endorsed the so-called 'second option', which is to keep only one infantry company here, 10% and the remaining 90% will be withdrawn from Rwanda immediately.”

"Withdrawn? They just pulled out the peacekeepers?" Ayumi obviously failed to understand the reason behind this~www.readwn.com~ But they are called peacekeepers, aren't they engaged in this kind of work? "

"Where did you get so many troops, there are no more sufficient UN peacekeeping troops nearby. Of course, there are indeed powerful forces nearby that can change all this, but because of its status as a permanent member of the satellite state, it was actually a Those who were excluded from the relevant candidates. Finally, they were allowed to intervene in the situation with a full division of 20,000 people and quickly suppressed the chaos-20,000 troops of the same country did this, do you think if It is the United Nations peacekeeping force. How much more troops do we need to draw from various countries to fill the gap between the existing force and 20,000? And if we barely use this size of force to calm the situation, how many sacrifices will we need to make to fight against Rwanda? The regular army? The emergency recruitment in response to such large-scale emergencies ... the United Nations is not good, because it relies on governments to provide funds and forces, its troops are too scattered, and its tolerance for sacrifice is too low."

[Author: Dallaire's request and the United Nations later gave the required strength of 5,500 troops, but this number of non-elite troops is actually not enough to ensure sufficient order and to suppress both sides of the conflict through violence. 】

"But in fact, the problem is that earlier, there were rumors that the United Nations had turned a deaf ear to the situation, and had been emphasizing that its scope of work should be to avoid affecting the internal affairs of Rwanda. And the Far East showed such a concerned attitude here. It's also just because this country is right next to their satellite country, intervening can expand their sphere of influence... But all in all, they really made a good move, and their eagerness to calm the situation has helped them grab abnormal benefits. ."

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