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The post for 7/27/06 is entitled The UN is Not Blameless. The subject is the UN's role in Lebanon. I assume the post was prompted by the controversy over the bombing of an UN observer post by the Israelis.
Here is a comment I submitted in response to the post:
I have a few problems you post. If the observer position you have pictured is the same one that the Israelis bombed then I would say that the UN forces made a fatal mistake in hanging around once the shooting started. But that would be a failure to take adequate force protection measures on the part of the local UN leadership.
You on the other hand seem to be blaming the victim. The UN forces are after all, observers. The UN itself hasn't actually enforced anything since the Korean War. You didn't offer any evidence that they were cooperating or aiding Hezbollah. And since they were tasked to observe, it probably made sense so cohabitate in order to observe Hezbollah. Given that UN observers probably have limited force protection capability it probably made more sense to colocate than not. It doesn't necessarily mean the UN force were co-opted.
I am also surprised to find a Neo-con that expects the UN to actually implement a resolution.
So I am not buying your argument for the partial justification for Israel targeting the UN post. On the other hand it is going to be a long war and this incident will be a minor atrocity when all is said and done.
On the other hand I think the naiveté and incompetence displayed by the Neocons/Bush Administration in pursuit of their Middle East agenda are to blame for the emboldenment of Hezbollah's supporters Syria and Iran. I find the analysis that Iran's position has been strengthened by the removal of Saddam very credible. I am afraid that the Neocons have fumbled the opening kickoff deep in their own territory.
The unfortunate reality of this sports analogy is that we have 130,000 U.S troops in a country with a Shiite majority. That country is barely in control by anyone. That Shiite majority cannot be happy with how the Shiite civilians of Lebanon are being treated by the Israelis.
I just hope the Green Zone doesn't join Diem Biem Phu and the Kyber Pass(1st Afgan War) in the list of military disasters
The post for 7/27/06 is entitled The UN is Not Blameless. The subject is the UN's role in Lebanon. I assume the post was prompted by the controversy over the bombing of an UN observer post by the Israelis.
Here is a comment I submitted in response to the post:
I have a few problems you post. If the observer position you have pictured is the same one that the Israelis bombed then I would say that the UN forces made a fatal mistake in hanging around once the shooting started. But that would be a failure to take adequate force protection measures on the part of the local UN leadership.
You on the other hand seem to be blaming the victim. The UN forces are after all, observers. The UN itself hasn't actually enforced anything since the Korean War. You didn't offer any evidence that they were cooperating or aiding Hezbollah. And since they were tasked to observe, it probably made sense so cohabitate in order to observe Hezbollah. Given that UN observers probably have limited force protection capability it probably made more sense to colocate than not. It doesn't necessarily mean the UN force were co-opted.
I am also surprised to find a Neo-con that expects the UN to actually implement a resolution.
So I am not buying your argument for the partial justification for Israel targeting the UN post. On the other hand it is going to be a long war and this incident will be a minor atrocity when all is said and done.
On the other hand I think the naiveté and incompetence displayed by the Neocons/Bush Administration in pursuit of their Middle East agenda are to blame for the emboldenment of Hezbollah's supporters Syria and Iran. I find the analysis that Iran's position has been strengthened by the removal of Saddam very credible. I am afraid that the Neocons have fumbled the opening kickoff deep in their own territory.
The unfortunate reality of this sports analogy is that we have 130,000 U.S troops in a country with a Shiite majority. That country is barely in control by anyone. That Shiite majority cannot be happy with how the Shiite civilians of Lebanon are being treated by the Israelis.
I just hope the Green Zone doesn't join Diem Biem Phu and the Kyber Pass(1st Afgan War) in the list of military disasters
posted by Roger at 9:06 PM
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I have pasted in below Joe Gelman's aka the matrix response to my comment on his blog. Looks like an opportunity for some discourse!!!
"Roger makes a few points that deserve a response: I don’t pretend to know if the photo in question is indeed the UN position that was bombed. Even if it was, the flags alone would not justify purposefully bombing the position. Israel attacked the UN position by mistake, %@*&^# happens in war. Showing this photo was to make the wider point that the UN observers were far too close to a terrorist organization, an independent militia which the UN itself had called on to be disarmed. The UN took no steps in enforce its own resolution, and more than that, played footsies with Islamo-fascist terrorists in Lebanon who have been armed to the teeth with missiles from Iran and Syria. Clearly Roger, who makes his points with respect and clarity, has yet to understand the nature of the threat of Islamo-fascism, which cannot be appeased or reasoned with: it is an ideology of no remorse, pity or fear and will not stop until you, Roger, and I, are dead. The sooner you come to understand this, the faster we can all overcome this challenge of our time, as the generations befor us overcame European fascism in the 1940's."
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