Brett Wilkins
Sep 24, 2025In his stirring final speech to a United Nations General Assembly, Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for an international armed intervention to end Israel’s nearly two-year genocide in Gaza.
“We need a powerful army of the countries that do not accept genocide,” Petro, who is in his last year in office and is limited under Colombian law to a single presidential term, told world leaders gathered in New York. “That is why I invite nations of the world and their peoples more than anything, as an integral part of humanity, to bring together weapons and armies.”
“We must liberate Palestine,” he asserted. “I invite the armies of Asia, the great Slavic people who defeated Hitler with great heroism, and the Latin American armies of Bolívar.”
“We’ve had enough words; it’s time for Bolívar’s sword of liberty or death,” Petro argued, referring to the 19th century Latin American independence hero Simón Bolívar.
If a peacekeeping force were decided upon by a coalition of developed world “allies”, who told Israel to vacate Palestinian territory entirely under threat of lethal retaliatory force, I doubt Israel would be interested in escalating that conflict.
They’ve already turned a majority of the wests civilian population decidedly anti-Israel for generations. I double dare them to start a war with the developed world.
Of course this will never happen, because we live in capitalist dictatorships — with the illusion of democracy — that only care about the almighty dollar.
IDK, depends on how large the force is. Israel has fired on the UN personnel.