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Dooley says the Lebanon visit was PR for a mission that drags Irish troops into someone else's civil war.

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  • Dooley says the Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs spent a couple of days in Lebanon talking about getting rid of the triple lock. He says her Defence Amendment Bill, introduced in June, has been fast-tracked through the Houses of the Oireachtas so it can pass by Christmas, and that she would not rule out using the guillotine on it. He calls the trip a public relations visit to the Irish peacekeepers there.
  • He notes that Ireland has had Defence Forces members in Lebanon since 1978, and that 48 were killed on duty over those years. He says the minister now wants to send a European Union force protection mission that is in fact a peace enforcement mission, part of a US and Israeli agenda in what he calls a civil war in the region. He argues that putting Irish troops into a civil war destroys military neutrality, and calls the line that Ireland is not politically neutral but is militarily neutral public relations spin. He points to the constitution, which he says commits Ireland to seek peaceful settlement of international disputes.
  • Dooley says the minister wants to give troops certainty that their training is put to good use. He says commissioned officers voted overwhelmingly last week for a motion saying many members want these missions for the extra allowances, so they can save for homes. He reads that as pay and conditions pushing people to sign up, and says it is mostly working-class men and women who join, many leaving after a few years, and that they cannot strike.
  • He places the mission inside what he calls the imperial project of the US and Israel and the greater Israel plan, saying it would displace people, leave villages in southern Lebanon destroyed and create a refugee crisis. He says the EU has recently given Lebanon more money for banking sector reforms that serve oligarchs, and that the US pulled out of supporting the UNIFIL mission as not fit for purpose. He argues Ireland has become the best in the class for the US as well as for Europe, and links it to Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Helen McInty, Ireland's Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs was in Lebanon over the past couple of days speaking about getting rid of the triple lock. That's her bill that she introduced back in June of this year, Defense Amendment Bill, which has been fasttracked through the houses of the erectus that can pass by Christmas. And she said she wouldn't rule out guillotine this bill. Now, I've spoken about this in quite a number of videos.

I think about 4 days ago, I covered it in a video around what the so-called force protection mission to Lebanon really means. Now, she doubled down on this. Why she's went on a public relations visit to Lebanon to visit the Irish peacekeepers. Now, Ireland have held members of defense forces there since 1978. 48 were killed while on duty in Lebanon through those years. Most recently, it was Private Sea Rooney. And McInty now wants to send a European.

Union force protection mission in a peace enforcement mission which essentially will be part of a US Israel agenda stroke Lebanese armed forces agenda in terms of a civil war in that region. That's the basic bare facts of what's taking place in relation to the European Union force so-called force protection mission.

Now what's also very important with this and the comments she made is that she said they are not changing the position of military neutrality. Well, bringing Irish members of defense forces into a civil war situation is part of destroying military neutrality. There's all this nonsense going around about we're not politically neutral, but we're military neutral. This is just absolute just public relations spin doctrine of the highest degree because fundamentally we should be standing up for the interests.

“There's all this nonsense going around about we're not politically neutral, but we're military neutral”

Of Irish neutrality because in the constitution it states that we should seek uh Pacific or peaceful settlements to international disputes. This comes at the same time when there's a drive towards more militarism on the continent of Europe. Mcanti also said she wants to give certainty to troops and that her training is put to good use. Now last week a motion was brought forward by the commission officers and they said that and they voted it actually overwhelmingly in support of it and said.

03:05

Many want to go on these missions because they

Many want to go on these missions because they want to get extra allowances so they can save for homes. Doesn't that really tell you something? Many will be signing up to go on these missions because they want money, because they're suffering, because like many other workers with the cost of living disaster. And remember, it's ordinary workingclass men and women in the main that join the defense forces. Many stay there just for a number of years before they move on because of the.

Poor pay and conditions. And remember, they cannot strike. So this is more of the same. make the condition so bad to drive people to join the defense forces and join these European Union so-called peace enforcement uh missions. So this is part of a bigger project for instance in terms of being part of the imperial project of the US and Israel in the context of the greater Israel plan in terms of displacing so many people in southern Lebanon villages destroyed and.

It will create a massive refugee crisis. We can see the US always been most recently heavily involved in Syria in terms of putting their puppet leader there. remember the man who was on the most wanted list previously who was now the leader of the so-called free Syria and recently the European Union have given more money to Lebanon so they can introduce reforms for who? Yes, for the banking sector and for the oligarchs to make more and more money. They claim.

This is the way to prosperity. So they're only just puppets, proxies essentially of the US agenda, which much the same as how Ireland are being used. And Ireland are always the best boys and girls in the class for Europe that I've spoken about repeatedly, but now they're the best boys in class for the US as well in terms of pushing through their project in the Middle East. Remember the US pulled out of supporting the UNIFIL mission claiming it wasn't fit for.

Purpose. So they moved into new this new agenda. And this comes at the same time when they're trying to move towards some sort of force in Gaza. And we can see what's happening currently in the West Bank in terms of the colonial settler agenda and also we can see what's happening in Europe with Ukraine in terms of some form of mission that'll be set up through the European Union if some sort of Minsk tree agreement comes.

05:58

About between Russia and we know it's a US

About between Russia and we know it's a US proxy war in that region as well. So see behind the nonsense being pushed by the establishment in particular the media and this is the reality facing people in Ireland. So thanks so much for supporting me for my videos. Uh please share them and from Dublin this evening. See you all soon. Bye-bye.

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26 Oct 2026 · Sovereignty · 6:26

Dooley says the Lebanon visit was PR for a mission that drags Irish troops into someone else's civil war.

Dooley says Ireland's Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs visited Lebanon to push the end of the triple lock, and that the planned EU force protection mission is a peace enforcement mission tied to a US and Israeli agenda. He argues that sending Irish troops into a civil war destroys military neutrality, and that low pay and the cost of living are pushing soldiers to sign up for the allowances.

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Dooley says the Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs spent a couple of days in Lebanon talking about getting rid of the triple lock. He says her Defence Amendment Bill, introduced in June, has been fast-tracked through the Houses of the Oireachtas so it can pass by Christmas, and that she would not rule out using the guillotine on it. He calls the trip a public relations visit to the Irish peacekeepers there.
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He notes that Ireland has had Defence Forces members in Lebanon since 1978, and that 48 were killed on duty over those years. He says the minister now wants to send a European Union force protection mission that is in fact a peace enforcement mission, part of a US and Israeli agenda in what he calls a civil war in the region. He argues that putting Irish troops into a civil war destroys military neutrality, and calls the line that Ireland is not politically neutral but is militarily neutral public relations spin. He points to the constitution, which he says commits Ireland to seek peaceful settlement of international disputes.
03
Dooley says the minister wants to give troops certainty that their training is put to good use. He says commissioned officers voted overwhelmingly last week for a motion saying many members want these missions for the extra allowances, so they can save for homes. He reads that as pay and conditions pushing people to sign up, and says it is mostly working-class men and women who join, many leaving after a few years, and that they cannot strike.
04
He places the mission inside what he calls the imperial project of the US and Israel and the greater Israel plan, saying it would displace people, leave villages in southern Lebanon destroyed and create a refugee crisis. He says the EU has recently given Lebanon more money for banking sector reforms that serve oligarchs, and that the US pulled out of supporting the UNIFIL mission as not fit for purpose. He argues Ireland has become the best in the class for the US as well as for Europe, and links it to Gaza, the West Bank and Ukraine.
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Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Helen McInty, Ireland's Minister for Defense and Foreign Affairs was in Lebanon over the past couple of days speaking about getting rid of the triple lock. That's her bill that she introduced back in June of this year, Defense Amendment Bill, which has been fasttracked through the houses of the erectus that can pass by Christmas. And she said she wouldn't rule out guillotine this bill. Now, I've spoken about this in quite a number of videos.

I think about 4 days ago, I covered it in a video around what the so-called force protection mission to Lebanon really means. Now, she doubled down on this. Why she's went on a public relations visit to Lebanon to visit the Irish peacekeepers. Now, Ireland have held members of defense forces there since 1978. 48 were killed while on duty in Lebanon through those years. Most recently, it was Private Sea Rooney. And McInty now wants to send a European.

Union force protection mission in a peace enforcement mission which essentially will be part of a US Israel agenda stroke Lebanese armed forces agenda in terms of a civil war in that region. That's the basic bare facts of what's taking place in relation to the European Union force so-called force protection mission.

Now what's also very important with this and the comments she made is that she said they are not changing the position of military neutrality. Well, bringing Irish members of defense forces into a civil war situation is part of destroying military neutrality. There's all this nonsense going around about we're not politically neutral, but we're military neutral. This is just absolute just public relations spin doctrine of the highest degree because fundamentally we should be standing up for the interests.

“There's all this nonsense going around about we're not politically neutral, but we're military neutral”

Of Irish neutrality because in the constitution it states that we should seek uh Pacific or peaceful settlements to international disputes. This comes at the same time when there's a drive towards more militarism on the continent of Europe. Mcanti also said she wants to give certainty to troops and that her training is put to good use. Now last week a motion was brought forward by the commission officers and they said that and they voted it actually overwhelmingly in support of it and said.

Many want to go on these missions because they

Many want to go on these missions because they want to get extra allowances so they can save for homes. Doesn't that really tell you something? Many will be signing up to go on these missions because they want money, because they're suffering, because like many other workers with the cost of living disaster. And remember, it's ordinary workingclass men and women in the main that join the defense forces. Many stay there just for a number of years before they move on because of the.

Poor pay and conditions. And remember, they cannot strike. So this is more of the same. make the condition so bad to drive people to join the defense forces and join these European Union so-called peace enforcement uh missions. So this is part of a bigger project for instance in terms of being part of the imperial project of the US and Israel in the context of the greater Israel plan in terms of displacing so many people in southern Lebanon villages destroyed and.

It will create a massive refugee crisis. We can see the US always been most recently heavily involved in Syria in terms of putting their puppet leader there. remember the man who was on the most wanted list previously who was now the leader of the so-called free Syria and recently the European Union have given more money to Lebanon so they can introduce reforms for who? Yes, for the banking sector and for the oligarchs to make more and more money. They claim.

This is the way to prosperity. So they're only just puppets, proxies essentially of the US agenda, which much the same as how Ireland are being used. And Ireland are always the best boys and girls in the class for Europe that I've spoken about repeatedly, but now they're the best boys in class for the US as well in terms of pushing through their project in the Middle East. Remember the US pulled out of supporting the UNIFIL mission claiming it wasn't fit for.

Purpose. So they moved into new this new agenda. And this comes at the same time when they're trying to move towards some sort of force in Gaza. And we can see what's happening currently in the West Bank in terms of the colonial settler agenda and also we can see what's happening in Europe with Ukraine in terms of some form of mission that'll be set up through the European Union if some sort of Minsk tree agreement comes.

About between Russia and we know it's a US

About between Russia and we know it's a US proxy war in that region as well. So see behind the nonsense being pushed by the establishment in particular the media and this is the reality facing people in Ireland. So thanks so much for supporting me for my videos. Uh please share them and from Dublin this evening. See you all soon. Bye-bye.

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