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2008-05-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US says will speed up military help to Lebanon

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Posted by Steve White 2008-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 Of course, no one has thought [cough] of military assistance from the best of the Iraqi Army [battle tested and competent] helping their brethren in Lebanon. That would send a message from Baghdad to Tehran and Damascus.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-05-15 10:21|| 2008-05-15 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 There's still a debt that needs to be paid by Hezbollah (Jihad Organization) for the 1983 Marine barracks bombing. The piper has not been paid.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-15 13:13|| 2008-05-15 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Something's wrong here: this shit started before the Burma debacle, yet we had airplanes full of relief supplies either already on the ground nearby, or sitting on the ramp ready to go, but it takes a week to 'speed up help'to Lebanon???
especially in an area that we have a much more vested interest?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-05-15 14:06|| 2008-05-15 14:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Something's wrong here: this shit started before the Burma debacle, yet we had airplanes full of relief supplies either already on the ground nearby, or sitting on the ramp ready to go, but it takes a week to 'speed up help'to Lebanon???

Exercise Cobra Gold is happening in Thailand. An adjunct to that is humanitarian work in the host and surrounding countries. Meaning some supplies were already positioned.

Additionally, pallets of disaster-relief supplies, etc, are already paid for, pre-positioned and easier to arrange and transport.

It's a bit different, and more complicated, for military aid. You don't need End User certificates for, and have Congressional oversight on, mosquito netting for example.

Posted by Pappy 2008-05-15 15:29|| 2008-05-15 15:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Is that the same army that made such a determined showing in the recent crisis?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-15 18:22|| 2008-05-15 18:22|| Front Page Top

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