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I hope I'm not giving away any secrets, but I see it a different way.

There will be war with Syria and Iran.

This operation is the first part of it, and it's objective is to secure Israels northern flank from infantry and Katusha attack from Lebanon.

Ultimately, an armed military UN backed buffer force will be inserted in South Lebanon. Any attacks on it will be seen as an attack on the UN. Hopefully, as many nationalities as possible will contribute. Those Nations will find it very difficult to withdraw their troops from a UN mandated mission. Hopefully Israel will be guaranteed security by the UN as part of it.

When this part is complete, the next stages will be the removal of Assad from the Syrian scene (by one means or another), and military action against Iran.

Ultimately, an armed military UN backed buffer force will be inserted in South Lebanon. Any attacks on it will be seen as an attack on the UN. Hopefully, as many nationalities as possible will contribute. Those Nations will find it very difficult to withdraw their troops from a UN mandated mission. Hopefully Israel will be guaranteed security by the UN as part of it.

I am sorry, but you are daydreaming if you think the UN will actually do something that has an effect on anything let alone this war. When was the last time the UN did anything that worked? Did they ever actually keep the peace? No. Have their UN forces ever actually engaged anyone in combat and won? (not counting Korea, which was before the communist gained control of the UN.)No. The UN is useless and counting on them for anything is pretty much of a pipe dream.

Nice daydream. A UN controlled buffer force? HAHAHAHAHAHA!
The UN is pro Hezbollah. What you would see from a UN controlled security force would be the same as we have seen over the years with UN observers enforcing resolution 1559, who somehow didn't notice iran's militita setting up and stockpiling rocket launchers throughout southern lebanon.

It's plain to see that the UN not only FAILED to implement UN resolution 1559, they purposely looked the other way and allowed Hezbollah to establish and strenghten their presence in Lebanon after the Israeli pull out. During that time, they also cleanzed even more Christians out of Lebanon, on top of the 20,000 they massacured in the 70's, with the aproval of the democrat party under Carter.

"Ultimately, an armed military UN backed buffer force will be inserted in South Lebanon. Any attacks on it will be seen as an attack on the UN. Hopefully, as many nationalities as possible will contribute."

Have you been asleep the last 30 years?

The missiles will be fired into Israel from the UN "security Zone". When Israel responds, they will be killing UN "peace keepers".

Get a grip, either we fight and kill every Islamofacists or we die trying.

More appeasement policies for the terrorist just makes them stronger.

There will be war with Syria and Iran.

It would have to be started by Israel or the US, because right now neither of those countries probably feels that safe between US forces in the region and Israel - they no longer have the Soviets behind them, and even though they have received equipment from Russia, France, etc., much of it is outdated (not to mention the Syrians lost most of their air cover during the 1980s when the Israeli pilots shot down literally dozens and dozens of Syrian aircraft for no losses of their own).

The thing that bothers me about Lebanon, is that the US is trying to put pressure on Israel - that really bothers me - makes me feel like we are hypocrites (as I said in another thread, if rebels started firing 100+ rockets a day into the US from Mexico, there is no way we'd let any other country try and pressure us to end it within a specified time period.

There will be war with Syria and Iran...This operation is the first part of it, and it's objective is to secure Israels northern flank from infantry and Katusha attack from Lebanon.

Israel can, and likely at some point will, set back Iran's nuclear ambitions. Beyond that, they can't project force there. Syria, I doubt Israel would start that one, but could and would forcefully respond. The UN, they've been there for decades. No one will attack them, they side with Hizbollah. The south has been armed under their direct "supervision", with cooperation from the Lebanese government.

Hopefully Israel will be guaranteed security by the UN as part of it.

I hope you're right but somehow can't see the UN guaranteeing security to Israel. They'd find a way to cut and run while blaming Israel for their failure.

To me it looks like war with Iran is a certainty. We can't win in Iraq, Lebanon or Syria while Iran continues to pull strings and fund their proxies with limitless funds. As long as Iran appears to stay out of direct conflicts their hands are clean and they'll drain us dry. This can't continue. If it does we'll be fighting battles everywhere imaginable FOREVER While Iran developes their arsenal without interuption or challenge. We have to fight them now before it's too late.

With all due respect, there was already an "armed military UN backed buffer force" in South Lebanon -- UNIFIL -- which was there to "guarantee security" for Israel.

However, UNIFIL saw Hezbollah arming itself and building fortified strong points...and did absolutely nothing about it. UNIFIL was still "in place" when this war began!

Any multi-national force cannot be a UN operation.