I don't think there is a question of delivering. It wants to clarify the command structure. So would I.
But we'll see. On 8/20/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then why promise things for a ceasefire when there was a question as to > which you would deliver? This is the problem with the UN in general and this > ceasefire in particular. No one wants to enforce it. Stop Hezbollah from > re-arming? nice on paper but who wants to get between these fanatics and > their guns? Make sure they don't re-occupy southern Lebanon? How are we > going to stop them when they have guns and we don't have any mandate to even > defend ourselves? Keep the peace? Riiiiight. > This ceasefire was dead before it was even signed because no one wants to > actually get between Hezbollah and their desires. > > The only ones who actually want to be there under a UN mandate are Muslim > countries who have no diplomatic ties to Israel and even call for its > destruction. Not something that makes me confident in the UN or this > ceasefire. They can make all the official claims they want against Israel, > look the other way when Hezbollah does anything and if any of them are hurt > by Israeli reprisals on Hezbollah attacks, all the more fuel for the > anti-Israel fire. And this is not paranoid. Just look at the record from > troops from countries with diplomatic ties to Israel (at least the record > the UN shows publicly as opposed to the ones they send back to their > countries...like that Canadian one). > > >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." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:213680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
