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2006-08-25 Down Under

John Howard says no Australian peacekeepers will be sent to Lebanon

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Posted by Oztralian 2006-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unless it has a very strong mandate, I think a lot of Western countries would be (a target)

Meaning of course, that had the mandate been to disarm the Hezbos, he would have considered it. Now the Western militaries are clay pigeons.

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-25 00:38|| 2006-08-25 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Gotta like a man who says it like it is. Too bad he can't run for US president.

Posted by ed 2006-08-25 01:16|| 2006-08-25 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 "...tranquillising Hizbollah.." Disarming Hizb'allah short of that it can't work.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-25 01:26|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-08-25 01:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Not worth saving Siniora's skin or a government refusing to act like one and responsibly.

Posted by Duh! 2006-08-25 05:02|| 2006-08-25 05:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Siniora's actually human and I feel sorry for him. Prior to the war Siniora's side was locked in a power struggle with Lahoud/Berri's pro-Syria, pro-Hezbollah, pro-Iran side. You had the timid democrats on one side and the fascist bully boyz on the other. Hezbollah's initiation of hostilities was a move in that political context, and now Siniora and Jumblatt appear to be on the losing side.

Posted by Fred 2006-08-25 08:55|| 2006-08-25 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 "I think the French, having made a lot of noise in the first place, looked as though they were falling a long way short of their rhetoric,"

Criminy! This man is an exemplar of clear thinking and straight-forward communication. Amazing how in a few sentences he thoroughly analyzes and guts the Lebanese peacekeeping idea. Even if you disagreed with him, you could never accuse of him of waffling.

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-08-25 10:22|| 2006-08-25 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 That's the Aussies we have come to know and love.

Posted by badanov 2006-08-25 10:34|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-08-25 10:34|| Front Page Top

#8 They know a dumb idea when they see it.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-25 10:39|| 2006-08-25 10:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Can't say I blame them. Howard's just being realistic. Canberra's nearly 9000 miles from Beirut, there's no clear mission, and no significant ties between Australia and the middle east.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-25 12:31|| 2006-08-25 12:31|| Front Page Top

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