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To: Katelew who wrote (195709)	8/7/2006 3:15:20 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

IMO, the unknown quantity is Israel. They talk the peace plans but continue to encroach on Arab land by building settlements in West Bank....we don't stop them....now they're building in the Golan Heights. Y'know.. permitting Hizbullah, or even Syria and Iran, to link the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel to their own cause is simply a path to failure. Hizbullah has NO RIGHT to USURP Lebanon's FP vis-a-vis Israel, and then tie it to their own agenda in supporting the Palestinians. This is a clear red-herring that provides Hizbullah a fraudulent justification for their existence as an armed militia. Hizbullah orginally claimed it was formed to oust the Israeli's from S. Lebanon. Ok.. that happened in 2000 and Hizbullah did not disarm, but actually INCREASED their military power via weapons from Syria and Iran. Instead, they claimed they had to remain armed for the purpose of "deterrence" which is rightfully the obligation of the Lebanese army. I've told what needs to happen, IMO. It's going to require INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT to separate the parties and eliminate Syrian and Iranian interference in Lebanon's internal affairs. And then, hopefully as a by-product of a successful operation there, it will be up to the UN to separate the Israelis and Palestinians and press Israel and Syria to arrive at a final peace agreement. As for US participation, I don't think any physical presence on the ground would be productive. We can be far more effective in stiffening the spine of the UN and providing logistical and intelligence support to the UN forces. But if necessary, someone's going to have to make the Syrians and Iranians back down. But I think there are quite a few more options to be explored before we make such a major commitment. After all, we're already doing more than our part in Iraq. Hawk