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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (191856)	7/17/2006 7:48:14 AM
From: SARMAN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Oh you are good, I was reading your posts and you are a good piece of work. Getting pleasure from other people's miseries. You do not contribute to any useful information to any board, you just reply with half assed answer. Let me wipe the smirk of your face. The Lebanese people are accustomed to Israeli aggression, but the Israeli people are not used to be bombed. From now on the Israeli people will know what the Lebanese people pain is. We thought the IDF was sophisticated and powerful. A little piss terrorist group can kidnap Israeli soldiers, hit their most sophisticated war ship and hit their cities (which makes you wonder what happened to those expensive patriots that the American tax payer paid for) LOL. Israel is scared to engage in a ground war, its army will be paraded around the world on how weak they are. (We saw what happened to them in 1982 during the invasion of Lebanon). Israel prefers to hit civilian targets from 50 miles from the air and not to engage on the ground. It is funny how you make crappy comments while you are half around the world away from the conflict. That shows courage on you part.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (191856)	7/17/2006 9:54:04 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Please excuse me while I gag. There IS such a UN force on the border, and has been since 2000. Something tells me that it will be different this time around. Blair has led the charge to bring international forces to S. Lebanon, and I don't think they will merely be lightly armed peacekeepers this time around. And they have a UNSC resolution (1559), although it's under Chapter VI and not binding. But I suspect we'll see some calls for a Chapter VII binding resolution put forward for a vote. But really what they require is the permission of Lebanon, who is now backed into a corner regarding Hizbullah. I agree that previous instances of UN peace-keeping operations have been disappointing in their implementation. However, the world now understands that unless they do something forceful to separate the two hostile entities, Israel and Hizbullah, they are facing a wider war possibly developing. I also believe they might combine this with harsher reactions against Iran in the sanctions side. All of this bodes poorly for Iran maintaining its influence in Lebanon. Here's an interesting analysis of UNSC 1559: weekly.ahram.org.eg Hawk