Bush Appeals For Urgent Deployment of Peacekeepers
...and the crickets chirp
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President George W. Bush urged rapid deployment of a United Nations force to ensure stability in Lebanon and said the U.S. will increase aid to the war-torn nation to more than $230 million.
``The need is urgent'' to deploy the troops, Bush said at a press conference in Washington. ``The international community must now designate the leadership of this international force. more...''
Given the expected perfidy of the French and the difficulty in finding troops acceptable to the various parties, this UN mission is on the verge of being stillborn. The mission itself is so fraught with danger it is hard to conceive of a responsible government signing on for this fool's errand without robust rules of engagement.
Unless some several thousand UN troops are identified for this mission in the next couple of weeks, the odds of this cease fire taking permanent hold are nil.
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on any foreign aid being delivered to Lebanon that Hezbollah must first be disarmed and disbanded.
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Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words...-Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes
I hope the cease fire fails which will demonstrate the total futility in relying on the UN for any meaningful function unless a program needs to be corrupted or children need to be raped.
Israel should send its Kerry/Olmert packing and put someone in who has the stomach to send the troops into Lebanon and kill every one who can even spell Hezbolla.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.