Nobody actually thinks UN meddling will work. What you hear from TV commentators is: "The French have said they'll send soldiers, and say what you will about the French...they are good fighters." (This is supposed to reassure Israel. Well, let's hope Bush has a secret plan and has promised Israel that when they're attacked again, the US will smash Hezbollah once and for all, Syria and Iran at the same time if necessary. But if democrats win control of congress in Nov., it makes it harder to carry out sensible foreign policy. If they win the WH in '08, we're doomed.
Good fighters? Yeah, maybe...if the enemy is Greenpeace!