Posted on 08/28/2006 7:50:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
War In The Middle East: U.N. peacekeepers may have done more than just look the other way as Hezbollah created its armed state within a state. The blue helmets may have served as Hezbollah's military intelligence.
Real-time battlefield intelligence is a keystone of 21st century warfare, especially when you're up against a terrorist enemy that has had six years to construct hardened underground bunkers and tunnels from which to fight while not having to obey the rules of war.
The situation gets complicated and your task becomes harder when that real-time intelligence is being provided to that enemy, Hezbollah, by uniformed observers who are supposed to be neutral: the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Writing in the Sept. 4 issue of The Weekly Standard, Lori Lowenthal Marcus reviewed the UNIFIL postings on its Web site (un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil) during Hezbollah's war with Israel. She documented how UNIFIL listed Israeli positions and troop movements on a regular basis, sometimes within 30 minutes of their deployment.
UNIFIL has observed much but done little since Israel withdrew totally from Lebanon in 2000, except to interfere in Israel's ability to defend itself.
As Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the U.N., noted recently: "Hezbollah would launch military attacks 50 meters from a UNIFIL outpost, Israel would shoot back and UNIFIL would protest against the Israeli response. Now it has been caught actively aiding Israel's attackers."
Marcus' review of UNIFIL's Web postings show that it was daily revealing the towns Israeli soldiers had moved into, the positions from which they were firing, and when and how they had entered Lebanon. These postings described the nature of their weaponry and materiel, and the locations of Israeli Defense Force safety structures mere hours after their construction.
One such posting, dated July 25, read:
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"Another reason why the UN should not be located in the USA."
Not to forget the gross disregard for US law by "diplomats" who avoid any persecuation under diplomatic immunity.
This may be the first time I have ever agreed with "The Shoe".
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Trying this again.
This may be the first time I have ever agreed with "The Shoe".
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Crap!!!
Why does freep have to steal my spaces!!!!
It is surely scandalous that 'impartial' UNIFIL personnel are being used to provide Hizbollah with battle relevent information, however it does remind me of US government infilitration and use of UNSCOM to spy on Iraq in the late '90's. Of course that's different and I'm sure all of that information was compartmentalized and not used in the 2003 invasion.
TROLL
Wonder if they were aiming the rockets too?? Why would Israel agree with a terrorist organization like the UNunited Nations??
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Yep, you're right. Even we, the honorable USA, uses the U.N. to suit our needs.
Ergo, the only rational conclusion is that the U.N. should be disbanded as it serves no useful purpose as it is 100% corruptable. Right?
"Yep, you're right. Even we, the honorable USA, uses the U.N. to suit our needs.
Ergo, the only rational conclusion is that the U.N. should be disbanded as it serves no useful purpose as it is 100% corruptable. Right?"
Well, not quite. Although it has clearly failed to act on numerous occasions, is riddled by corruption and is overly dominated by the most powerful countries, it still serves a useful purpose if only as a forum for debate.
Surely if the U.N. is not functioning properly the first response should be to reform it. Maybe we could start with scrapping the vetoes, giving it less tasks or providing it with more money.
(You do realize your stay here will be short lived.)
why? I'm new here, but I wasn't aware that opinion expressing was frowned upon.
If I've overstepped an invisible line you have my sincere apologies.
Yeah, --- That's the ticket. Make it so they could vote to have everyone concentrate on driving Israel into the sea.
That would be like having a wolf, a bear and deer vote what to have for lunch.
That would solve all the worlds problems.
Don't listen to that line of cr*p.
It seems so many think they own F.R. and that it is their own personal playground. They are like the bullies on the playground.
Jim Robinson owns F.R. and the Moderators do a pretty good job of helping him ensure the website rules are followed.
You haven't violated any (that I have seen), so the only reason for you leaving FR would be your own choice, and not Condor51's.
Welcome to Free Republic.
About the only thing the UN is good for is a forum for debate. The fact is has an incredible amount of power is only due to the MONEY we funnel into it. That , IMHO, should stop, and then it's power will dissipate.
The UN is a corrupt organization. It may have had somewhat of a decent purpose at its beginnings (and I'm not so sure about that) but it's useless now.
A forum for debate?!? "gufaw" Get real. We live in a digital age. Any world leader could stream a thousand ambassasors on the web at any time.
If that's not good enough they can get FreeRepublic ID and join in with the rest of us.
More money? What a joke. That always works. That's like saying "Oh my God there's a fire destroying our home. Maybe if we fan it and through gasoline on it, it will suddenly turn productive and not destructive.
Get rid of vetoes? Sure all but one. America is the leader of the free world for a reason. We did thing s right long before and for a lot longer than anyone else. Why would Cartoon or Socialist France need a Veto. One reason, so they can stop the spread of Democracy. We brought a thriving economy to the worlds shores so why should we worry about a Chinese Veto.
I am all for working in the global economy. We lead and everyone else follows. If they don't like that no one is making them play.
If you would have read the entire thread you would have seen that another Freeper had already called him a Troll - and LIKELY hit the abuse button.
THAT'S why I commented that I was surprised to see the account still active.
btw, did I say BITE ME?
Self aknowledgement of numerous homonym word replacements, mispellings and puncuation errors above.
While I don't know how far is too far. Their was a thinly described anti-American sentiment right from the start of DorkBorg's first comment.
I hadn't hit the abuse because I figured I would wait for him/her to more clearly out himself.
It's not an inexperienced blogger. It's first post seeks to enlighten us on how good the UN could be if given a chance (kind of like Marxism LOL).
It's a TROLL and sooner or later I would imagine its going to get ZOTTED.
I'ld love to be wrong but then again I'ld love to be rich too.
Typically the U.N, isn't exactly seen by conservatives as a good thing, nor held in high regard. And your comment regarding UNSCOM and spying wasn't exactly .. 'pro USA'.
Plus, as you've seen someone had already called you a Troll. That is usually accompanied by that person hitting the abuse button, which I DID NOT and have not done. That's why I commented as I did.
If you're not a DU troll, welcome. Have fun
(regarding your tagline)
Have you heard about the "DIAL-A-PRAYER" hotline for aetheists??????
You call the number, and nobody answers.
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