[eeevil conservative]

I strongly believe that Israel will support French participation. Let's see who is right.

now on THIS you may be spot on... maybe Israel will support the French in this position.....

I don't support it- LOL!

but as you point out- I am not making the decision....

But I still would like you to back up your statement that France is the "ideal choice"...

btw- I so love you! YOU ROCK!

I am very thankful that we can disagree and banter without getting nasty.....You are one of the best here on FR!

[snugs]

I tend also to agree with kabar simply because of France's historic role in the area whether long they are the solution is another matter but in short term they may well be.

[kabar]

Flattery will get you everywhere. I'm disarmed. LOL.

[MNJohnnie]

The French are the ideal choice because of their history with Lebanon. They have good troops with lots of peace keeping experience (Its their politics that are messed up, not their military) Being Lefties the Media will pretty much ignore the head cracking they need to do as peace keepers. They do not trigger the knee jerk hysteria British, American or Jews do in the Arabs. They can spin it to the Muzzies as "stopping" the Israelis. They do not have any where near the existing commitments that the US and Britain do so have the forces available. The Israelis get a Neutral Zone and make one front in the WOT someone else's headache. It sends a message to Syria and Iran that the EU is not divided on controlling their terrorists proxy forces and adds pressure on Terhan to make a deal since they are diplomatically isolated

The $50 billion question is will the French do it?