You will need nose plugs when reading the LA Times. The BS may be overwhelming.
Posted on 08/14/2006 1:24:38 AM PDT by garbageseeker
THE RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED FRIDAY by the U.N. Security Council calling for a "full cessation of hostilities" in Lebanon comes too late for the more than 1,000 people killed in the last four weeks. But its adoption — with the expected consent of Israel and Lebanon — is still a major achievement. If implemented successfully, it not only would prevent further loss of innocent life, but would address what President Bush called the "root cause" of this unexpected and unexpectedly bloody conflict: Hezbollah's creation of its own state within Lebanon.
Hezbollah, a Shiite movement nurtured by Iran, proved that it could act with impunity when it crossed the Israeli-Lebanese border in July and abducted two Israeli soldiers. But it wasn't until Israel retaliated that the world learned the extent to which Hezbollah had established itself as a military force.
Israel is promised by the Security Council resolution is peace on its northern border, secured by the Lebanese army and what Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls a "robust" international force of about 15,000 troops. Technically, this new force would be an augmentation of the 2,000-member United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, an anemic contingent long held in contempt by Israel. Although the Lebanese army would be responsible for disarming Hezbollah, the new U.N. force is intended to be muscular enough to discourage Hezbollah from subverting the Security Council agreement.
Although Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will recommend that his Cabinet accept the resolution today, he made it clear even as it was being fashioned that Israeli forces were poised for a ground operation in Lebanon if diplomacy failed. Obviously, Israel will never deprive itself of the option of military action if it believes diplomacy will not protect its citizens.
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Israel won't live in total peace until it's enemies have been wiped from the face of the earth.
I agree.
Yes. The more anti-American media outlets appear to be pushing an overly optimistic outlook on the ceasefire.
Why is the UN so restrained? Why don't they just pass a resolution calling for a complete end to all human hardship and discomfort: an end to disease, poverty, quarrels, bad teeth, BO, and tasteless architecture. And no more bad weather.
Obviously, sinister forces are preventing them from solving all the problems of the world.
Yes and without giving any credit to Bush, Bolton, and Rice.
I agree.
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