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Peacekeeping in Lebanon |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / WORLD PERSPECTIVES: Lebanon |
| Author: Bennett Ramberg |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 813 Words, 5,533 Characters |
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With the Security Council's August 11, 2006 resolution as the template for the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon, implementation responsibility now shifts to the combatants and the Lebanese government acting as guarantor. As the last line of defense, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon--UNIFIL--will be the international community's backstop.
Unfortunately, the new UNIFIL is a backstop with a gaping hole. Without the capacity to act independently and proactively, it will be incapable of rescuing what is likely to be the failure of the poorly trained, equipped, motivated and ethnically divided Lebanese army to keep the guns and rockets silent. Given this prospect, it ...
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...enge the trusteeship on grounds that it marked sacrifice of national dominion and its own influence. But given the alternative--an Israeli Damocles sword ready to spring ever more broadly to destroy any infrastructure that contributes to Hezbollah's capacity--it is incumbent that all Lebanese decide upon the world within which they wish to live.
Copyright © 2006 United Press International
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