The refreence is in Gruss' article: Those who arrived Saturday were de-mining teams and military engineers who would focus on clearing unexploded ordnance from large swaths of south Lebanon, he said.
The absence of US troops may be a false argument, but hey, I was just trying to fight fallacy with fallacy ;) The guys who landed were not intended to strike fear into anyone. I did misread one thing though -- it *was* 10, with 150 more scheduled. Dana On 8/20/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > as opposed to how many US troops? Hmm? > That is a false argument as the US probably has more troops deployed under > the UN banner than any other single country. But that's not the point here, > is it. The US was specifically excluded from the troop deployment so as not > to seem unduly biased. Of course, because the EU countries are so afraid of > going in where they can be hurt, the UN troop list is being filled with > countries who are publicly against Israel. Makes for a real peace, doesn't > it. > And the UN has said time and again they are not there to disarm Hizballah as > the ceasefire specified. The French have said the same. So what was this > ceasefire about again?? > > Oh, the news does not say ordinance experts, just officers. I must have > missed the ordinance reference but again it comes to the question of the > reason they are there. The ceasefire specifies that they are there to disarm > Hizballah, keep them from re-arming and keep the border. They have already > said they will not do 1, have not even tried to do 2, and we'll see 3 when > the other Muslim troops get there. 15,000 troops expected with most of them > being from governments who are all for the destruction of Israel. > Ah, Love the UN. > > > Frankly, 150 troops -- not 10 -- trained in detection of unexploded > > ordinance seems like not a bad place to start. It may have it's > > drawbacks I suppose, but as opposed to marching the troops through > > Baghdad and them moving HQ to Tampa, well... yanno. Fresh eyes ;) > > > > On 8/20/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> in all fairness, they are stretched militarily already. they might be > >> running low on chefs to keep the troops fit and fed. > >> > >> On 8/19/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > in Lebanon by landing 2 rubber dinghies bristling with 5 troops each. > >> > It's go time, French style. > >> > > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > French soldiers land in Lebanon as first reinforcement of UN force in > >> > south > >> > > >> > August 19, 2006 - 16:15 > >> > > >> > By: TODD PITMAN > >> > > >> > NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - French soldiers landed in Lebanon on Saturday, > >> > the first reinforcements for an expanded UN peacekeeping force tasked > >> > with keeping the truce in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. > >> > > >> > Two inflatable dinghies carried the first of nearly 50 troops ashore > >> > from two French warships anchored in the Mediterranean near the > >> > headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or > >> > UNIFIL, in Naqoura, about five kilometres from the Israeli border. Two > >> > French military helicopters hovered over the rocky, emerald green bay > >> > where the peacekeepers landed. > >> > > >> > http://www.680news.com/news/international/article.jsp?content=w081955A > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
