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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm
2006-09-28
MARJAYOUN, Lebanon - Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the terrorist militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm — despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that.
U.N. Resolutions are as effective as a screen door on a submarine.
The leaders of a United Nothing U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon say the job is not theirs. And Lebanon's ill-equipped army, some of whose soldiers wear tin-pot helmets and carry outdated M-16 rifles, shows no signs of diving into a confrontation with battle-hardened Hezbollah fighters.
Not my yob!
For now, all sides say it's likely full disarmament will happen only in the future as part of a political solution — despite the U.N. resolution that ended the 34-day war on Aug. 14 and required disarmament.
The Lebanese Army will probably disarm first.
The commanders of the U.N. force say that under the resolution, their job is merely to assist the Lebanese army in regaining control of southern Lebanon and to ensure the area cannot be used for launching rocket attacks into Turtle Bay northern Israel.
How can you regain something you never had in the first place.
Meanwhile, Lebanese security officials say the army's mission in the south is based on what they call surrender an "understanding" with Hezbollah that the army will not search for and seize weapons, but only confiscate those shown in public.
Don't ask, don't tell!
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#2  Eurabia delenda est!
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-09-28 22:46  

#1  Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war,

End? That was just round one.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-09-28 18:44  

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