Replies

The security cabinet approved early Tuesday morning expanded ground operations in Lebanon, while the IDF, under the assumption that only a few days were left for the operations against Hizbullah

Actually Bush could give them all the time they need, while looking like he is working for peace. Think about it. He has already said that there will be no US or UK peacekeepers in Lebanon. So who is going to make up this international force that is going to go toe to toe with Hizbullah and almost certainly face combat? Is it going to be France, Russia, Switzerland, Honduras or Pago Pago? And that would require a mixed nationality force to be assembled, supplied and moved into position. But none of the likely players have serious sea lift capacity near Lebanon. France would take time to mobilize and the Black Sea ports are no longer in Russian hands. They would have to sail around Europe and through the Med. Or they would have to wast time fixing all the blown bridges. Israel can put a few more bombs into the airport to be sure they can't fly them in. Lets face it the maritime powers can put an infantry force anywhere in the world in a few days. But the rest of these jokers would take a month just to get their equipment in theater.

And if Bush really wants to play it cool he could call for Security Council hearing to debate the cease fire agreement and agree on the composition of the peace keepers. Just ordering room service for the bunch of UN pigs would take days. Think how the North Koreans spent weeks arguing about a round or square table during the end of the Korean War. We could play that game as well. You appear calm and completely reasonable, but use the UN's own bureaucracy to tie the whole peace process up in an infinite ball of red tape.

And all the while Israel can keep on pounding Hizbullah forward into the stone age. I don't know if they have the guts to do it, but there is nothing to say they couldn't.