2023-09-19 19:59:00
Fatal traffic accidents happen every day. Most of them go unnoticed and are forgotten the next day. That is why it is not a question under what circumstances the three military and two civilians were killed in Libya. Judging by the state of this quasi-country, I’m very afraid we’ll never know. The question that concerns me is why they were there. They were part of a humanitarian mission and accompanied the medical aid and food that was flown there by a C-130. Twenty people, among them members of the Special Forces for protection. The goal is the presence of the Greek flag in an area that Turkey considers its neighboring country. Generally a public relations business of those necessary in diplomacy, I have no objection. I wonder naively. Wouldn’t it be enough to send medical aid and food that the Libyans would receive? I also naively wonder, and without having any information, if those who made the decision to send the human mission were aware that they were not sending them to a state, even a broken one, but to a human jungle. Were they aware of the dangers they faced and had they taken steps to protect them? I saw a picture of the mission members in front of the plane before they left. They have the Greek flag unfurled and the whole style is more reminiscent of a leisure excursion departure than a mission.
Mourning is the greatest. Two female nurses, a Special Forces non-commissioned officer and two interpreters. And I am not arguing, lest I be misunderstood, that Greece, to the extent of its capabilities, should not be present in humanitarian disasters. What I am arguing, again as an observer, is that this mission had no purpose and its cost is too heavy in front of the benefit it would bring to the country. And I don’t dare believe that some people in charge came to their senses and decided lightly to send a small mission so that we wouldn’t be absent. Either you organize a serious mission with an army to protect it or else you sit on your eggs. The bus was accompanied by Libyan military jeeps – usually running around.
When you send a humanitarian mission with 20 people, it betrays more levity than diplomatic intelligence. And in any case, it shows that you have no plan to offset the Turkish presence in the region. Finally, you should know that the women and men of the military do not owe anything to your studies to show that you are producing work. Their lives are worth as much as yours.
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