We assume, and we hope and pray, that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, at the direction of President Bush, is right now preparing her thoughts and talking to many allies, about the future peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon. This will not be a useless UN force but a dedicated group of professionals, the so-called "Arab Nation Umbrella" some in Washington are already opining about.
Israel is consolidating a small buffer zone on its border with Lebanon. Israel is destroying as many Hezbollah hideouts and weapons as it can, before the US and other allies arrive like the cavalry to put peace back into place.
Let's not be too sanguine that Israel, by establishing a new cleaned-out buffer, can remain secure for long. Hezbollah shows no signs of throwing in the towel. And they are supported by an angry group of supporters including Syria, Iran and perhaps others.
Hezbollah is being armed with increasingly longer-range and more dangerous missiles and rockets. The "buffer zones" we create in the world are becoming meaningless as more and more long-range and powerful missiles and rockets reach the hands of terrorists.
How long before a terrorist has a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon and the will to use it?
The future of the fragile democratic government of Lebanon depends upon the good work of many nations over the course of the next weeks and months. More importantly, the lives of many innocent civilians on both sides of that border are in the hands of President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, and all the allies they can bring to the table.
Kofi Annan and his UN cronies have failed. Now someone else needs to take charge.
The human consequences of ineptitude by the UN are all over your TV just now. People fleeing with little but their shirts on their backs.
I blame the UN.
John E. Carey
Proudly at: http://peace-and-freedom.blogspot.com/
Israel is consolidating a small buffer zone on its border with Lebanon. Israel is destroying as many Hezbollah hideouts and weapons as it can, before the US and other allies arrive like the cavalry to put peace back into place.
Let's not be too sanguine that Israel, by establishing a new cleaned-out buffer, can remain secure for long. Hezbollah shows no signs of throwing in the towel. And they are supported by an angry group of supporters including Syria, Iran and perhaps others.
Hezbollah is being armed with increasingly longer-range and more dangerous missiles and rockets. The "buffer zones" we create in the world are becoming meaningless as more and more long-range and powerful missiles and rockets reach the hands of terrorists.
The future of the fragile democratic government of Lebanon depends upon the good work of many nations over the course of the next weeks and months. More importantly, the lives of many innocent civilians on both sides of that border are in the hands of President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, and all the allies they can bring to the table.
Kofi Annan and his UN cronies have failed. Now someone else needs to take charge.
The human consequences of ineptitude by the UN are all over your TV just now. People fleeing with little but their shirts on their backs.
I blame the UN.
John E. Carey
Proudly at: http://peace-and-freedom.blogspot.com/
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