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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
France warns of dangers on Israel-Lebanon border
2006-11-05
KUWAIT CITY - French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie warned Saturday of the risks of renewed conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border after the Jewish state’s summer war with Hezbollah. Speaking during a visit to Kuwait, she called the current situation there ‘stable and fragile’ after a UN resolution ended 34 days of fighting between Israel and the Shia movement Hezbollah on August 15.
'Stable' and 'fragile'? Doesn't the one imply the absence of the other? I guess my French is rusty; that makes no sense.
‘That is why it is imperative to avoid any risk of provocation that could lead to renewed conflict or other parties not to respect their obligations’ under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Alliot-Marie told a news conference.

Asked about ongoing Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace, she said they were ‘worrying because such overflights take a hostile form -- as was the case with a French naval vessel and a German one.’ ‘There is always the risk that the crews on board these ships will exercise their legitimate right to defence and return fire,’ she said.
There's also the risk that the Israeli planes will then exercise their legitimate right to defense and sink the ship.
Airspace violations ‘may also be an incitement for others not to respect their obligations under the United Nations resolution and to reply to provocation at a time when the interest of everyone in the region is in having peace,’ Alliot-Marie added.
Aren't you guys the ones who are supposed to make sure that the 'others' respect their obligations?
She urged the Lebanese people to ‘show cohesion’ on the political level, as Lebanon is ‘a formidable example... of the capacity of men and women of different origins, religions and cultures to live together.’
No, the United States is a formidable example of that; Lebanon is just a tragedy.
Posted by:Steve White

#16  Michele Allio-Marie said that "Lebanon is a formidable example... of the capacity of men and women of different origins, religions and cultures to live together"...

What a lie! There is not a single Jew in Lebanon, and if an Israeli Jew was to enter Lebanon, he would be killed very fast. How can a racist country, like Lebanon is nowadays, be an example ?
Posted by: Leroidavid   2006-11-05 23:06  

#15  It's just that Pappy was doing something with some

Still am.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-11-05 23:03  

#14  So am I.

Then pull your head out of your dogma and think like a damn warrior. Your attitude is that it's gonna be another Bubiyan turkey-shoot. I say it will not be that easy.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-11-05 23:01  

#13  I'm sorry, on rereading that last I see it's a bit incoherent. It's just that Pappy was doing something with some, and the description is quite striking to me.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-05 22:20  

#12  Shitrack doesn't have a chance at a third term if the muzzies keep burning cars. This has gone on for what, six-seven years now, and he's done nothing to stop it? The French may be slow, but NOBODY'S that stupid - I hope!

France has done nothing to implement UNR 1701, so the "fragile" situation is partly their fault. The rest of the UNIFIL is equally to blame for the situation going from bad to worse, and they will pay for it. In the next war, I don't think Israel will give a da$$ if UNIFIL troops are in the way.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-11-05 21:33  

#11  Good. Then soon enough the two of you will stop sniffing at each other with raised hackles, and discover intersecting sets of knowledge, Mick Dundee. "Uncle Sam's Misguided Children" are Marines, right? (I, as you no doubt figured out, am about as purely civian as a person can get these days.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-05 18:02  

#10  Actually, Pappy is combat-experienced in the Navy.

So am I.
Posted by: Mick Dundee   2006-11-05 16:43  

#9  mojo

You aree wrong. Chirac is going fpr third term and his ONLY chance of being reelected is having a hot war with Israel.
Posted by: JFM   2006-11-05 16:23  

#8  Actually, Pappy is combat-experienced in the Navy.

Just thought you'd like to know before you get snarky.
Posted by: lotp   2006-11-05 15:44  

#7  
There's also the risk that the Israeli planes will then exercise their legitimate right to defense and sink the ship.


That isn't possible, don't you know? The Germans have the much vaunted "RAM" anti-missle perimeter defense system co-developed with the US.

At least that is what Mr. Constant Bearing Decreasing Range (Pappy) says! And he's the expert! Just ask him.

Posted by: Mick Dundee   2006-11-05 15:38  

#6  Bullshit, piled high and deep.

The Krauts are not going to shoot at anything unless it's actively poking holes in their shiny cruiser, which the Israelis are to smart to do. The Frogs are not going to do ANYTHING, ever - that's their answer to islamic militancy. Supine and stupid. Terminal.
Posted by: mojo   2006-11-05 13:54  

#5  Is this new? So what will Frogs do when shit hits the fan???
Posted by: Cruter Pherert8404   2006-11-05 07:46  

#4  I ran into a Lebanese friend the other day, and she stated baldly that Israel should have destroyed Lebanon completely this summer, and that she hopes they will go back soon to finish the job. She said it's Lebanon's only hope, because the Hizb'allah occupation is worse than the PLO one. Granted, she is Eastern Orthodox Christian and her husband is Catholic, but I was surprised even so. It sounds like the non-Shiite Lebanese have the same understanding of war dynamics as the Jewish Concentration Camp prisoners, who prayed daily that the Allies would bomb the camps to shut down the factories.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-05 06:59  

#3  Lebanon's not a tragedy. My hung nail is a tragedy.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-11-05 06:39  

#2  I would not stop Israel if I were you, Frog.
Posted by: closedanger@hotmail.com   2006-11-05 06:25  

#1  Better hurry and get out, frogies.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-11-05 05:07  

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