[NormsRevenge]

A Lebanese Armenian protester carries a placard during a demonstration against the participation of the Turkish troops in the peacekeeping force in Lebanon, in front of the United Nations House in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. US, EU and Israel pressed for peacekeepers from Turkey, the only Muslim member of NATO, and a country with close ties to Israel and Arab countries. The large Armenian population in Lebanon has loudly protested Turkish involvement. Armenians say up to 1.5 million Armenians died or were killed over several years during World War I as part of a genocidal campaign to force them out of eastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)

[NormsRevenge]

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan during a news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 30, 2006. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

[Albert Barr]

"UNIFIL has been in Lebanon since 1978 to monitor the withdrawal of Israeli troops who invaded Lebanon the same year. "

completly unprovoked, I am sure.

[skinkinthegrass]

Std. Equipment: Spitball Shooter(s), (French) White Flag and Condoms.

[diverteach]

Seems pointless to me seeing as though they're not allowed to use them.

Then again, we are talking about the UN, and pointless is thier unspoken mission statement.

[ChristianDefender]

France's contribution is expected to include Leclerc tanks, surface-to-surface artillery, short-range anti-aircraft missiles and radar — unusually heavy weapons for a peacekeeping force.

Hmmmm... it seems that the French are more likely to defend the Hesbos with this kind of weaponry...

[Screaming_Gerbil]

  

LECLERC Main Battle Tank, France

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

"short-range anti-aircraft missiles and radar"

What?! I don't know if any UAVs fielded by Hezbollah would be able to be knocked down or worth knocking down with a missile. Assuming they're using Mistrals (or something like it), I assume that the IR signature of whatever drones Hezbollah uses is too small to track. Also, what's the radar signature like?

How big are the Hezbollah UAVs? I was always under the impression that they're like the model airplane with camera versions, not like a Predator or Global Hawk.

Again, assuming something like a Mistral is being referred to, that's basically begging Hezbollah to take them (or maybe that's the intent? :tinfoil hat:). It's like when the Soviets took SAMs to Afghanistan.