My assessment is supported by the latest threat made against a decision taken by Kenya, whose merit or otherwise is one for a different debate..
[Sic] “We have asked Kenyans to remain indoors. However, if Gatdet is harmed we will take action on Kenyans in Jonglei, Unity State and Upper Nile,” the deputy military spokesman said...
Machar associate issues threat to Kenyans in S. Sudan
Now imagine a situation where the General would have ordered UN troops to confront Sudanese troops in the heartlands of South Sudan..! These comments are now hostile, the same establishes that Sudanese don't take kindly to meddling ..
To address your question on mandate, we must first appreciate that Mandates are formed out of Strategic intelligence (STRATINT), which pertains both to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level and to qualities that equip leaders to be effective strategists.
In this case we know UNIMISS policies heavily relies on Western school of thought, opinions HEAVILY BORROWED from Humanitarian agencies, with little appreciation of how to read battle field threat intelligence.
We know that there is a deficit of good analysts researching on Sub-Saharan threat intelligence, Africans don't write there our own stories, often its the Western point of view that formulates Sub -Saharan policies .. This said, a competent General who appreciates this deficit will relay more on actionable Operational intelligence (OI) in theater, this a category of real-time dynamic on the treatment threat environment.
A General who is rigid is reckless, endangers lives of his troops, a good case in point is the Second war, where Hitler rigidly stood-by Strategic intelligence, and his Generals were Yes men, sent German soldiers to there deaths confronted with a biting Russian winter. Leading to Germans losing the war on Russian front. A good lesson for Generals that prosecuting a war too rigidly on Strategic intelligence, denies effort the benefit of planning through actionable OI.
[Sic] “We have asked Kenyans to remain indoors. However, if Gatdet is harmed we will take action on Kenyans in Jonglei, Unity State and Upper Nile,” the deputy military spokesman said...
Machar associate issues threat to Kenyans in S. Sudan
Now imagine a situation where the General would have ordered UN troops to confront Sudanese troops in the heartlands of South Sudan..! These comments are now hostile, the same establishes that Sudanese don't take kindly to meddling ..
To address your question on mandate, we must first appreciate that Mandates are formed out of Strategic intelligence (STRATINT), which pertains both to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level and to qualities that equip leaders to be effective strategists.
In this case we know UNIMISS policies heavily relies on Western school of thought, opinions HEAVILY BORROWED from Humanitarian agencies, with little appreciation of how to read battle field threat intelligence.
We know that there is a deficit of good analysts researching on Sub-Saharan threat intelligence, Africans don't write there our own stories, often its the Western point of view that formulates Sub -Saharan policies .. This said, a competent General who appreciates this deficit will relay more on actionable Operational intelligence (OI) in theater, this a category of real-time dynamic on the treatment threat environment.
A General who is rigid is reckless, endangers lives of his troops, a good case in point is the Second war, where Hitler rigidly stood-by Strategic intelligence, and his Generals were Yes men, sent German soldiers to there deaths confronted with a biting Russian winter. Leading to Germans losing the war on Russian front. A good lesson for Generals that prosecuting a war too rigidly on Strategic intelligence, denies effort the benefit of planning through actionable OI.
