Photos: Now that's what I call peacekeeping

Fri, 04/25/2008 - 9:13am

Below are some photos of Jordanian peacekeepers showing off their skills for Ban Ki-moon during the U.N. secretary-general's visit to the Ivory Coast.

Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

It looks impressive, doesn't it? Still, I have to wonder: When does the neck-choking body-slam move actually come in handy as a U.N. peacekeeper? When you're wrestling with civilians trying to cut in the rice line?

Blake Hounshell | Permalink | | Comments? Login or register
( filed under: )


Advertisement

 

Don't Be Insulting

by Lure D. Lou on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 9:39am

C'mon Blake...peacekeepers like these are patrolling in environments that neither you nor I are ever likely to be in and face far more dangerous threats than angry rice shoppers. We should all be grateful that UN peacekeepers are willing to do jobs that the fancy boys at NATO wouldn't ever dream of. I say to them: Bravo! We are sadly going to need more of them in the future.