Hang Right Politics

Posted by Steve on August 12th, 2006 in Lebanon, Hezbullah, Israel, UN - A Joke

This is so disappointing.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and authorizes the deployment of 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

But wait, there’s more.

At the heart of the resolution are two elements: It seeks an immediate halt to the fighting that began July 12 when Hezbollah militants kidnapped two Israeli troops along the Blue Line, the U.N.-demarcated border separating Israel; and it spells out a series of steps that would lead to a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution.

That would be done by creating a new buffer zone in south Lebanon “free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the government of Lebanon and UNIFIL” - the acronym of the U.N. force deployed in the region since 1978. The force now has 2,000 troops; the resolution would expand it to a maximum of 15,000.

So let me get this straight. Two thousand U.N blue helmets couldn’t get the job done in southern Lebanon so now we’re gonna send in 15,000? Anyone care to take bets on how long this will last? Oh well, they should make great targets for Hezbollah since the Hezboes aren’ t signatories to the resoltion.

(Sigh!) Why can’t we just fight wars the way we used to circa 1940s? Let one side win, THEN work out the terms of peace. Is it really harder to do that these days?