I personally don't find it unreasonable that a soldier would want to know if he can shoot back. But what do I know? Check with Tim on that. The other concern I have heard raised is that nobody wants to replicate the fiasco in Sarejevo. Which sounds like a plan to me too. Let's avoid another Sarejevo by all means.b
On 8/20/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll fill in for Gruss here and say: > "So France, who was pushing so hard for this ceasefire and promised to be a > huge troop supporter of it has shown their true colors by sending far (FAR) > fewer troops and calling on the EU and UN to define when they can defend > themselves. Basically, they are afraid of doing the job laid out in the > ceasefire." > > > > 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:213675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
