Pysop.
I hope anyway.
Who will the French surrender to first? The Israelis or Hezbollah? Or maybe they'll just go ahead and surrender to the Germans. They've had lots of experience with that.
You are absolutely right. The French acting as a military buffer? Get real. What did the French run out of rape opportunities in the Congo? The French troops will do nothing to stop Hezbollah attacks on Israel nor to disarm them. Iran won. Good job Condi.
The international force was never meant to disarm Hizballah not in this resolution and not in the previous one that failed. I do not know what exactly changed from the previous resolution rejected by Lebanon and Hizballah and this second resolution, they look very similar.
If true, this is bad. Hezbollah must be destroyed, and a better opportunity wil not come.
Hez-Ebola will be called the victor and they will soon rule Lebanon with an iron fist
That's my take as well, but remember that Rice is not implementing her agenda. And when you realize what that means, it really sucks!
The Israeli leadership is getting soft. If they buy this deal, they sell out their own country and citizens.
If the French Foreign Legion is sent in, they will straighten out the situation in a flash. You don't screw with them.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
If it says the implemetation of resolution 1559 is part of it, then that means disarming Hezbollah.
Any cease-fire that leaves Hezbollah still standing, still armed, and still in Lebanon is not a cease-fire at all, it is an iron-clad guarantee that war will continue, and more Israelis will die.
I don't have a crystal ball, I don't know the shape and size and rules of engagement of the proposed force. A force that was there to wage war would be able to keep Hezbollah out of the south, but only if they were willing to kick in doors and aggressively confront them.
Anything less than that is a sleight of hand, a con designed to save Hezbollah from destruction.
A weak force with weak rules of engagement is the worst of all worlds, it will inevitably provide cover for a Hezbollah that re-infiltrates the south, and will only be in the way when Israel inevitably has to re-invade.
I'm sure Olmert and Rice both know that and will insist on a force capable of waging war. What will actually emerge on the ground remains to be seen.
In general terms, the better answer is for Israel to finish the job prior to the entry of any other forces into the theater.
The only disgrace is the media spin on this. It ain't gonna happen. Israel is fighting for its survival and they aren't going to stop because of the media whining or the UN whining. And the US is not going to support a resolution of ceasefire without disarming terrorist. Everything else is wishful spin by the sympathetic MSM.
You'd think what happened today would open a few eyes in the state department. If they slide this cease-fire through, it's monstrous. Won't work, of course. We'll end up having to fight with Israel.