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"but after France duped Israel and US into ceasefire by promising 'robust military force' to patrol the border.."

BTW, there is nothing "robust" about the French. The 40 odd variety of cheese can be wobbly and stinky. Actually, smelly/stinky is good but only for CHEESE. :-)

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' there is nothing "robust" about the French. The 40 odd variety of cheese can be wobbly and stinky'
I meant 'robust' by comparison. The French military contribution was supposed to be 5000 soldiers with permission to shoot, with task to supervise Hezbollah disarmament [even if we assume that French servicemen know more about cheese than about firearms, it doesn't sound so bad]. What we got are less than 50 people in uniforms on the ground and promise that another 150 will arrive. To be honest I can't grasp what is the point of their arrival anyway. They won't disarmed guerrillas, they won't be put into dangerous [unstable] situation. So what is going on? UN is paying for French servicemen holiday, as the expression of the gratitude for fruitful cooperation?