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France, Lebanon to deploy to border with Israel
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| (07.30.06, 01:10)
| Ronny Sofer
Posted on 07/29/2006 8:28:11 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
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To: Mongeaux
Nice to know the UN is doing this without Israels approval.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:16:10 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
To: interrogatorgirl
The only way this will work is by taking the U.N. out of it and use NATO.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:16:17 PM PDT
by
jocko12
To: Bigh4u2
Yes, this is the
conditio sine qua non... but are you sure they're alive?
As to Cpl Gilad, taken by Hamas, I think he is, sadly, dead. Otherwise they would have shown him on TV one thousand times till now.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:26:42 PM PDT
by
Neophyte
(Nazis, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
To: Neophyte
We've got to put some fly traps in our barn, nothing like gettin em all in one place and trapping them, done with them all, once and for all.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:31:53 PM PDT
by
Esther Ruth
(Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)
To: Esther Ruth
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:32:29 PM PDT
by
Washi
To: Mongeaux
7. French M.R.E.'s with dehydrated Escargot
Ewww, pretty stuff.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:34:54 PM PDT
by
Esther Ruth
(Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)
To: Esther Ruth
What I really cannot see, is how the Lebanese army, even if they do have such intention, would disarm Hezballah.
In an article in the British Guardian (the closest they have to a Communist rag) some Hezbollah figures brag that they have the best intelligence and security systems in the country, so they know very well who of the Lebanese politicians speak against them. And they threaten to deal with them after the end of this war... they certainly have all the necessary means for that.
Hezballah has totally hijacked Lebanon.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:41:28 PM PDT
by
Neophyte
(Nazis, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
To: Esther Ruth
Don't knock it till you have tried it, Mon Chou!
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:44:22 PM PDT
by
Mongeaux
(''I would sooner be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone directory," W.F. Buckley)
To: SaxxonWoods
Actually, I think Rice's plan sounds fine..........just wait about 3-4 more weeks before implementing it, Condi. Condi is s-l-o-w walking it around. Which is the right thing to do.
To: Esther Ruth
If Hezbollah is not chased through Syria to the Iranian centrifuges and all three not destroyed, this opportunity will be lost.
The balance of power will be changed in the middle east.
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posted on
07/29/2006 9:53:27 PM PDT
by
dmeara
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Lastly, the resolution would ask the international community to give financial and humanitarian support to Lebanon urgently. Sigh, looks like we'll be paying for this too.
To: Bigh4u2
Doubt there needs to be agreement from Hezbollah to anything. They are not a nation/state, but merely a gang of criminals.
Lebanon has the responsibility to keep in check what goes on within it's borders and secure the release of those hostages. Don't hear much in the media about what, if any, steps they are taking to do that. Instead they are characterized as innocent victims.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:02:22 PM PDT
by
Clinging Bitterly
(Oregon - a pro-militia and firearms state that looks just like Afghanistan .)
To: jocko12
I concur completely. This UN plan is a recipe for disaster -- and a continuation of the nurturing of terrorism in the state of Lebanon.
Farcical is not a strong enough description of this ludicrously toothless plan.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:09:18 PM PDT
by
dk/coro
To: gondramB
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:11:51 PM PDT
by
bybybill
(`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
To: Esther Ruth
France, Lebanon to deploy to border with Israel Will the French troops be bringing their own rockets to fire into Israel, or using Hezbollah's rockets?
/S
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:12:53 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: bybybill
Me: kind of makes you wonder - what if we weren't always available - who would step up?
bill: NOBODY
At first, if we don't take the lead in these situations it may seem that way. But Britain has a spine and so do the Aussies. Germany and Japan have let us take the lead but they would eventually take a more active military role - and they have the tech.
I think you'd find that the French have a spine but they've been cutting off their noses to spite their face - they want so much to show Independence from the U.S. that they have sunk into a knee deep quagmire of inaction. Them showing spine isn't necessarily gonna be for the good.
Consider this scenario:
French and Lebanese units are on there Israeli border. Hezbollah fires rockets from the area. Israel strikes back and hits a combination French/Lebanese unit. The French fire on the jets that are attacking them.
Does that sound far fetched?
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:34:53 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Named must your fear be before banish it you can.)
To: gondramB
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:37:41 PM PDT
by
bybybill
(`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
To: gondramB
No.
This will become another UN oil for food scam. The french will sit around doing nothing while Hezbollah rearms and Syria & Iran will be able to exert even more influence over the country. Who wants to bet part of this deal will be the french selling lots of shiney new weapons and hardware to the Lebanese army, which over 1/3 is shiites loyal to Hezbollah?
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:45:40 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: Proud_USA_Republican
>>No.
This will become another UN oil for food scam. The french will sit around doing nothing while Hezbollah rearms and Syria & Iran will be able to exert even more influence over the country.<<
Ok, well... thats another bad way it could go. I guess that's better than a war between Israel and France.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:48:10 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Named must your fear be before banish it you can.)
To: gondramB
Absolutely not.
The french will gladly become human shields to protect Hezbollah to keep Israel from being able to defend itself after being attacked.
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posted on
07/29/2006 10:51:24 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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