Thoughts From the Radically Moderate

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

RICE PROPOSES AWESOME IDEA

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is proposing an ambitious plan with up to two international military forces that would help the Lebanese government stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Lebanese political sources said.

The plan initially would involve putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or U.N. commander into southern Lebanon following a cease-fire.

That force ultimately would be replaced by another international force of up to 30,000 troops that would help the Lebanese government regain control over the southern part of the country, where the Shiite militia Hezbollah now dominates. Read more here.

I agree 100%! We need to send a force of international troops into Lebanon and help stabalize. Rice, in my opinion, prososed a great idea to help the country of Lebanon keep a stable democracy, and not be dominated by Hizbollah.

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I'm not too optimistic with such solutions that don't involve either the complete disarming or crushing of Iran's agency, Hezbollah. However, it is Dr. Rice's job to find the best solution possible, and this is no doubt far better than what most the international community has thus far suggested. Its either this, or Israel re-occopies Lebanon until Hezbollah is rooted out.

Personally, I think that Israel is right to demand nothing less than a NATO-lead force is such a proposal is to ever be found acceptable. The UN has a poor trackrecord with anything that involves the deployment of troops, not to mention their anti-Israeli bias.

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