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> Consider a small sample of heinous cases

I can cite henious cases committed by London Police force. Just a couple months ago we've convicted 'bastard dave'. He was a cop and used his position to become a serial rapist and a murderer, and he had a nickname, which strongly suggests some of his colleagues knew something.

You have to assess three points to understand if the entire organisation is responsoble.

Have they commited significantly more warcrimes, than comparable situation suggests is, dreadfull to say, normal? Say during occupation of Iraq? For blue helmets I mean, I hope London police do not think of themselves that way.

Can these acts be traced back to some higher level of command, that is either turning a blind eye or is actively encouraging them?

When these acts become known, are the perpetrators punished, or are these acts tolerated?

I have not studied history of blue helmets, but these are the kind of questions you should be seeking to answer.



It's not about citing heinous cases. You're solving for a different aspect of the problem. Bastard Dave was convicted via an existing enforcement mechanism that in that case was at least arguably functional. The point is if Bastard Dave were a UN peacekeeper in central Africa, the host nation would be unable to try the case, and the UN itself mostly grants its own people blanket immunity and wouldn't prosecute it, either.

The rest is a different conversation.


So typically people from examples you listed get away with it?

That's atrocious


How is that different from the third point in GP’s?




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