The author: Michael von der Schulenburg, former UN Assistant Secretary-General, escaped East Germany in 1969, studied in Berlin, London and Paris and worked for over 34 years for the United Nations, and shortly the OSCE, in many countries in war or internal armed conflicts often involving fragile governments and armed non-state actors. These included long-term assignments in Haiti, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Sierra Leone and shorter assignments in Syria, the Balkan, Somalia, the Balkan, the Sahel, and Central Asia. In 2017, he published the book ‘On Building Peace – rescuing the Nation-State and saving the United Nations’, AUP.

Former UN Assistant Secretary-General is not credible.

[–] CaptObvious 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Having never heard of this person, I have no reason to believe they exist, that they are who you claim, that they hold these credentials, that they wrote this blog post, that the blog publisher is credible, that you are credible….

You see the problem. It doesn’t pass even a basic CRAAP test.

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Buddy didn't bother to read the whole article, huh? The blurb OP is quoting is literally at the bottom.

[–] CaptObvious 0 points 8 months ago

Oh, I read it. I just have no reason to believe it. I have no reason to disbelieve it. I have no reason to think that it's anything other than a collection of words that some random stranger posted to the internet. It makes a few good points, so I was trying to discover if it's credible.