tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6240- 2012-03-24T15:49:39Z Comments for Really. I have *such* confidence. We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6240 2006-08-15T12:18:23Z 2006-11-11T16:53:38Z Really. I have *such* confidence. State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack Says Middle East Cease Fire Will "Strengthen Democracy In Lebanon." "The U.N.-declared cease-fire in Lebanon, if fully implemented[emphasis mine], would be a strategic setback for Iran and Syria because it would strengthen democracy in Lebanon and stabilize the border with Israel, the State Department said Monday. 'You will not have Hezbollah roaming freely in the south of Lebanon,' spokesman Sean McCormack said. 'Iran and Syria will not have had the ability to rearm Hezbollah.'" (Barry Schweid, "U.S. Touts Mideast Cease-Fire Prospects," The Associated Press, 8/14/06) If the peacekeepers are simply a larger version of... The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack Says Middle East Cease Fire Will "Strengthen Democracy In Lebanon." "The U.N.-declared cease-fire in Lebanon, if fully implemented[emphasis mine], would be a strategic setback for Iran and Syria because it would strengthen democracy in Lebanon and stabilize the border with Israel, the State Department said Monday. 'You will not have Hezbollah roaming freely in the south of Lebanon,' spokesman Sean McCormack said. 'Iran and Syria will not have had the ability to rearm Hezbollah.'"

(Barry Schweid, "U.S. Touts Mideast Cease-Fire Prospects," The Associated Press, 8/14/06)

If the peacekeepers are simply a larger version of the toothless, feckless UNIFIL troops already in position... this is just pi$$ing up a rope, and our hands are getting wet... I've seen nothing in the administration of the UN under Mr. Annan to suggest this force will have any better organization, teeth, ROE and success than previous efforts in the region or further south. This situation isn't analogous to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai - where Egypt and Israel have been generally behaving themselves since 1973.

C'mon, Mr. Annan et cie - surprise me.

]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6240-comment:49093 Comment from cw4(ret)billt on 2006-08-15 cw4(ret)billt http://www.thedonovan.com If this proposed UN force is as effective at separating the combatants as the ones in, say, Rwanda or Bosnia were, then we can look forward to renewed combat when 1. Israel finally gets fed up with Hezbollah rockets being fired from inside the UN "Peacekeepers'" compounds or 2. Hezbollah decides to make hostages of the UNFOR troops from infidel countries... 2006-08-15T15:10:32Z 2006-08-15T15:10:32Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2006://1.6240-comment:49091 Comment from Trias on 2006-08-15 Trias http://www.insanity.observationdeck.org/ I think the surprise would be being surprised. wait a mo i'm supposed to think positive. Ohmmmmm 2006-08-15T14:56:47Z 2006-08-15T14:56:47Z