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| Olmert: 15,000 int'l combat troops needed, only then will Israel withdraw |
| 2006-08-03 |
| The international force Israel is seeking in southern Lebanon needs to be comprised of some 15,000 troops, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told British newspapers on Wednesday. "It has to be made up of armies, not of retirees, of real soldiers, not of pensioners who have come to spend leisurely months in south Lebanon, but, rather, an army with combat units that is prepared to implement the UN resolution. I think it has to have about 15,000 soldiers. I think that's more or less what the international community understands," Olmert told the Times and the Telegraph. "Obviously, as I said, we will not pull out and we will not stop shooting until there is an international force that will effectively control the area." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Kelly, *I* remember, as a teenager, reading a Sci-Fi book written as a collection of letters from a budding xenoArchaeologist to her telepath, disabled sister. In one of them, he discussed meeting an israeli telepath, and described him as "-a wanderer after he graduated from college, visiting Beiruit, Damascus, Amman and all those other big Israeli cities." we may type in "ROFLMAO!", but I actually DID that for fifteen minutes after reading that. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-08-03 19:52 |
| #11 Personally, I would welcome our new Israeli overlords. kelly, dear, I was feeling sorry for myself until I read that sentence. Thank you -- you made my day! :-D |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-03 19:07 |
| #10 Pushing out the borders happened with each war until the Yom Kippur War. That allowed Sadat to sign a peace treaty with Israel and get back the Sinai. Of course, that didn't work out very well for Sadat. Israel should annex Southern Lebanon and expell all the Muslim Lebanese. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-08-03 18:56 |
| #9 Cheaper than a wall and you can pump from it too. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-08-03 17:40 |
| #8 Do I detect a new meme here? The Litani border? Israel's response to offensive action is to push their borders further forward? Works for me. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-03 17:36 |
| #7 Ain't no way on God's Green Earth anyone (not other than the US, and Rumsfield says we're too busy) will send troops to actually fight. Some years ago I read a sci fi book wherein one of the chief actors was the Israeli Empire. Seems they kept pushing back the bad guys and annexing the land in order to secure their borders. Eventually they ended up pretty much ruling the world. Personally, I would welcome our new Israeli overlords. |
| Posted by: kelly 2006-08-03 17:24 |
| #6 Rumsfeld can do it with 1500, just ask him. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-03 17:16 |
| #5 And the 15,000 UN soldiers need to be north of the new Litani border between Israel and Lebanon. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-08-03 16:17 |
| #4 Israel is setting a condition that cannot be met. Smart politics. "We will have a cease-fire after the..." OP is correct. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-08-03 16:13 |
| #3 Sounds like the Litani may be the new northern border of Israel, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-08-03 15:26 |
| #2 notice the word 'peacekeeper' sorta left of the discussion? |
| Posted by: Shuque Spavise4087 2006-08-03 15:05 |
| #1 gonna be there a long long time. but then, I 'spect that's been the plan all along. |
| Posted by: kelly 2006-08-03 14:55 |