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UN Special Coordinator says 'no such thing as military solution' after Dahieh strike
2024-07-31
Just ask the Tamil Tigers.
What do they think after the Tehran hit on Ismail Haniyeh?
[An Nahar] U.N. Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Tuesday said she is "deeply concerned" after Israel's strike in "the densely populated southern suburb of Beirut which resulted in multiple civilian casualties."

"The Special Coordinator underscores once again that there is no such thing as a military solution and calls on both Israel and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
to avail of all diplomatic avenues to pursue a return to the cessation of hostilities and to recommit to the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006)," a statement issued by her office said.

The Special Coordinator is "in close contact with key interlocutors and urges for calm to prevail," the statement said.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Mussolini, Hitler, Kaiser Bill, Pol Pot, Jefferson Davis, and Napoleon Bonapart would all beg to differ.
Posted by: Fred   2024-07-31 10:03  

#3  "Solution" sounds so final. Let's call it a "military compromise" - we'll kill enough of you, and you stop bothering us. Deal?
Posted by: SteveS   2024-07-31 08:39  

#2  Said the same thing about Sri Lanka. The government said enough and ended it with a military solution.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-31 08:05  

#1  Tell it to the city fathers of Carthage.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-07-31 01:41  

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