THE FUTILITY OF UNIFIL

Debmey

THE ONGOING FUTILITY OF UN PEACEKEEPING

By Ed Morrissey

Last year, the world rushed to expand the UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon as a resolution to the Israeli-Hezbollah war that the terrorists initiated last summer. Of course, the previous UNIFIL force had allowed Hezbollah to arm themselves to the teeth with missiles, rockets, and the entire spectrum of guns, thanks to Syria. Hezbollah forces even dug in next to UNIFIL positions, which UNIFIL never actively opposed, and it resulted in several deaths from an Israeli counterattack.

Now Israel wants better rules of engagement for UNIFIL forces so that they can actually fulfill their mandate of enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which forbids arms to Hezbollah in the region -- and the UN responded with its usual futility:

    The UN Security Council will reportedly reject an Israeli request to expand UNIFIL's mandate in southern Lebanon against Hizbullah. An official Security Council vote on the matter is scheduled to take place later Thursday, however, Israeli officials already asked European members of the Council how they intended to vote and they subsequently answered that they were against such a move, Army Radio reported Thursday morning.

    Israel wants UNIFIL troops to be granted new rules of engagement against the guerilla group, in which the peacekeeping force would be given the green light to take a more 'proactive' role against Hizbullah and expand its field of operations from open areas to cities and towns. Israel also asked that UNIFIL troops be allowed to open fire against Hizbullah operatives, and not only after they are fired upon.

    According to the report, the Security Council will reject the request due to safety concerns for its personnel on the ground in southern Lebanon. The mandate of the 13,600-strong UN peacekeeping force is due to expire at the end of August.

Got that? The UN and the global community demanded that Israel withdraw from the conflict so that they could deploy peacekeepers and enforce 1701 and 1559, both of which demanded an end to arms in southern Lebanon except for regular Lebanese military forces. Israel withdrew -- they hadn't done a very good job of fighting until that point anyway -- and allowed the peacekeepers back into the sub-Litani region. The UN forces then promptly returned to their previous policy of looking askance while Syria re-armed Hezbollah back to pre-war levels.

Israel, under the impression that the UN actually wanted to achieve its stated goals, then asked for ROEs that would accomplish the mission. That would mean that the UN would have to take action against Hezbollah, and probably against Syria as well, by attacking supply routes and destroying weapons emplacements. These were the actions Israel was taking, especially in the last weeks of last summer's engagement, that would have effectively met the stated goals of the UNIFIL deployment.

But the UN doesn't want to do it. Why? Because it would be "too risky" for their personnel. Maybe they should have thought of that before sticking their nose into southern Lebanon in the first place. Instead, the UN has acted as the personal bodyguards of terrorists and the governments that support and arm them. They haven't acted as peacekeepers; they've acted as guarantors of a future, genocidal war against Israel.

Do they recognize this? Of course not. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon want to extend the mandate for another year. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora wants the same extension. Israel should insist that UNIFIL forces leave immediately. If UNIFIL won't stop terrorists from arming themselves in direct contravention to the UN's own resolutions, then they're worse than useless -- they're malevolent, and should be disbanded.  Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Eokboy

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED

Laxamana.

More Malaysian troops in Lebanon after August. Singapore can ask permission to join as well... You are concern about Israel? Of course, we know that..

Debmey

you msians are doing the shia's bidding at the behest of your wahabi frens.

cheers

alphawolf

Quote blog orang...punya la takde weight..

Obersliutenant

Singapore can send its troops too 'to keep an eye on malaysian soldiers', you should volunteer and submit your proposal to the Government Debmey.

Who knows ? you coud maybe switch uniforms with Israeli troops and accomplish your dream to live in the promised land...

Robotech

you msians are doing the shia's bidding at the behest of your wahabi frens

And you're the doing free promotion for the Zionist regime at the encouragement fo your Isreali comrades ...

Obersliutenant

alah he want to sell his body what...

Debmey

Originally posted by Obersliutenant at 19-8-2007 03:07 PM
Singapore can send its troops too 'to keep an eye on malaysian soldiers', you should volunteer and submit your proposal to the Government Debmey.

Who knows ? you coud maybe switch uniforms wit ...

Lets face it, msia joined unifil because you are anti semitic in outlook.
and worst of all, you end up undermining the sunni govt of Lebanon. Do you realise what a bunch of losers you people truely are?

Obersliutenant

So us being Sunni undermning sunni in lebanon , what are you blabbering about? the Malaysian Army has a very good record in ensuring peace throughout its cooperation with the UN

Has Singapore gone to any Peacekeeping missions ? i wonder..

Laxamana.

They go to some.. but nothing much to talk about it.. Malaysians are doing fine in Lebanon.. Lebanese loves us... and to add more, the girls are so damn pretty. Well, Muslim brotherhood.. be it Sunni or Shiite.. they respect each other in Lebanon.. Malaysia is setting in and guiding them on how to live together in one country.. Malaysia is well respected. Exceptional to some jealous losers...

alphawolf

Well since you say that, how about Belgium, Bulgaria, PRC, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, and oh, Brunei, Indonesia and Turkey? Are they anti-semitic too?

alphawolf

They have...but usually the low-key ones plus the illegal occupation of Iraq.

areguard

Originally posted by Obersliutenant at 20-8-2007 03:24 AM
So us being Sunni undermning sunni in lebanon , what are you blabbering about? the Malaysian Army has a very good record in ensuring peace throughout its cooperation with the UN

Has Singapore ...

SAF only good supplying panadols and blankets to tsunami survivors..but not berani enuf utk tugasan pengaman..takut kalau2 mati  kecoh satu negara...

huskers

seingat aku depa pernah pi eye-raq dan timor timur. tu je kot sumbangan depa. aku rasa bangga kalau askar pengaman kite jadik role model utk hidup toleransi di bosnia, lubnan,......

biasa la negera kecik..kalau mati sorang sume kenal

alphawolf

Aku ada list out penglibatan depa dan kita...banyak jugak depa pi (tapi tak sebantyak kita)...tu pun banyak setakat jadi observer aje...

Debmey

Originally posted by Obersliutenant at 20-8-2007 03:24 AM
So us being Sunni undermning sunni in lebanon , what are you blabbering about? the Malaysian Army has a very good record in ensuring peace throughout its cooperation with the UN

Has Singapore ...

I don't think msia has  agood track record at all. What with all the vandalism by msians in namibi and bosnia.
and you war mongers follow the americans to disturb the somalians and got thousands of civilians dead, not the mention the thousands of boat people massacre in south china sea.

So basically your only purpose here is to be kiasu la....

jazim

Kehadirannya adalah untuk tonggeng kalau2 ada USN sailors atau IDf troops yg sudi tojah!