Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agoChinese peacekeepers have cleared the minefields left behind by Israel in Lebanonhexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1215file-text
arrow-up1215imageChinese peacekeepers have cleared the minefields left behind by Israel in Lebanonhexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 days agoIs the UN website trying to be clever by saying “more than 4,850 square metres” and “Over 800 landmines were safely destroyed”? Yes, 18,000 is indeed more than 800, but that phrasing seems oddly misleading.
minus-squareOgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·6 days agoPerhaps the 18,000 mines and 2 million square meters were from many mine clearing missions there, of which these two fields are just a small part
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoI guess, I just feel the site should mention the full extent, not mention just a fraction of it
Is the UN website trying to be clever by saying “more than 4,850 square metres” and “Over 800 landmines were safely destroyed”? Yes, 18,000 is indeed more than 800, but that phrasing seems oddly misleading.
Perhaps the 18,000 mines and 2 million square meters were from many mine clearing missions there, of which these two fields are just a small part
I guess, I just feel the site should mention the full extent, not mention just a fraction of it