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To: neolib who wrote (201232)	9/5/2006 10:32:25 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I note that most recently Israel has the UN attempting to obtain release of its two soldiers. Why didn't they try that in the first place? Why didn't the UN do that in the first place in order to avoid the Israeli retaliation? Maybe because the UN is impotent, under its current leadership? AFAIK, Israel did not gain anything by invading Lebanon, but perhaps I'm incorrect. They forced the Lebanese army to deploy to the borders, thereby changing the political equation. If there are future attacks, then Israel can directly state that it is an attack that has been facilitated by the Lebanese government. It has also obtained a stronger UN commitment, and apparently (if current information is correct) they will be permitted to patrol the Syrian-Lebanese border to interdict weapons smuggling there. And finally, they managed to force Narallah to apologize to the Lebanese people for what he got them into. That was a particularly humiliating event for Hizbullah, IMO. But I think it's good that the UN is so involved. They created this problem by passing UNSC 1559, and doing nothing to back it up. In fact, Israel was the only nation that actually observed the requirements of that resolution. Hawk

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