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2006-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
France to lead beefed-up UN force in Lebanon
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Posted by Seafarious 2006-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 bwhahaha France to lead anything is just so damn funny.
Posted by djohn66 2006-08-15 00:16||   2006-08-15 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Ruskies probably would like to reclaim some of the antitank missiles they sold Syria that were fired on Israeli tanks.

More likely, they want to sell them more.
Posted by Captain America 2006-08-15 00:41||   2006-08-15 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 France (hehe), Malaysia, Indonesia, Morocco....

What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-08-15 00:46||   2006-08-15 00:46|| Front Page Top

#4 You know who will be providing the airlift of course.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-15 03:34||   2006-08-15 03:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Muslims are over represented in the French Defense service, and the French are Eurabian stooges. Instead of human shields, the Hizbis can use French troops.
Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-15 05:25||   2006-08-15 05:25|| Front Page Top

#6 I say let 'em walk. :-)
Posted by gorb 2006-08-15 05:27||   2006-08-15 05:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Or swim.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-08-15 07:37||   2006-08-15 07:37|| Front Page Top

#8 
Posted by doc 2006-08-15 07:54||   2006-08-15 07:54|| Front Page Top

#9 What nation with a competent military would allow it's soldiers to be commanded by the French, a nation whose military has not won a war in almost two centuries?
Posted by RWV 2006-08-15 10:53||   2006-08-15 10:53|| Front Page Top

#10 The New and Improved™ UNIFIL. This is classic Lucy, Football, and Charlie Brown. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I hope Israel tosses out Olmert and Peretz. They have been an unmitigated disaster for Israel.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-08-15 11:10||   2006-08-15 11:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Wrong, the French military WON the Algerian war and taht wa&s squandered by De Gaulle who was maneuvering to congratiate himself with the two bit diactaors from Arab countries.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2006-08-15 12:55||   2006-08-15 12:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Leaving aside the question of who provides the troops -- which certainly has the look of a goat rodeo in the making-- I haven't seen anything specifying what the troops are supposed to do when they get there. Olmert originally requested "combat" troops -- which I took to mean "troops ready, willing and authorized to engage in combat"-- and I've also seen references to "robust" rules of engagement, whatever that means. So suppose the hypothetical Malaysian contingent comes across a group of Hezbollah setting up a rocket launcher. Do they (a) start shooting (b) call Kofi for instructions which will never come (c) mill about smartly or (d) help set up the launcher?
Posted by Matt 2006-08-15 13:07||   2006-08-15 13:07|| Front Page Top

#13 Matt:

We think we know what they're supposed to do. What they actually do is another matter whatsoever. Didn't I read that there were to be 15k troops? Nowhere even close to that number yet, unless it includes Hezbollah Lebanese military. And, I love our western nations respones:

Aussies: "Nope, we're busy elsewhere."
Brits: "Nah, I'm doing my hair that month."
U.S.: "Nah, unless you allow us ROEs that are "proactive" and we can redeem our 200+ Marines killed there in the 80's."
India: "We already have hundreds there, what more do you want from a nation of a billion+?"
Posted by BA 2006-08-15 15:02||   2006-08-15 15:02|| Front Page Top

#14 UN don't want American troops there because they would fire at the hizzys in about the first hour they were there and dare Kofi to tell them to stop.
Posted by djohn66 2006-08-15 16:29||   2006-08-15 16:29|| Front Page Top

#15 Matt:

Although I like India as much as the next guy, I wouldn't call it a "western" nation. I've been there a couple of times, and I'd consider them as "Eastern" as it gets, both in culture and values--and they are proud of it, even if some of the young people like to superficially ape what Americans do.
Posted by sludge 2006-08-15 18:06||   2006-08-15 18:06|| Front Page Top

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