For those of you who have any glimmer of hope that the UN remains an effective organization, the following article from the Jerusalem Post may be of interest:
Predicting that it is “just a matter of time” before Hizbullah attacks Israel, a high-ranking officer from the Northern Command revealed to The Jerusalem Post Wednesday that the Lebanese guerrilla group had nearly returned to full strength and was almost at the level it was before this summer’s Lebanon war.
Syria, the officer said, had used the past four months since the end of the war to transfer - sometimes on a daily basis - truckloads of advanced rockets and weaponry to Hizbullah in Lebanon. The weapon transfers, he said, were not even executed covertly, but were conducted “out in the open” for the entire world to see.
For those of you who have forgotten, the last Israel / Lebanon conflict was stopped when Israel agreed to abide by a UN resolution. That resolution (UN Security Council Resolution 1701) included the introduction of UN forces into the region where where support to, among other things, ensure the disarmament of Hizbullah, the blocking of arms transports into the country, and support the Lebanon army in keeping the peace.
We see how well that has worked. So far all UN forces have accomplished since August was to harass Israeli checkpoints and reconnaissance flights. The UN should be ashamed for the state of affairs, and further blood is on the hands of the inept and cowardly French lead forces that making a mockery of job they where sent there to accomplish.
Lebanon has not recovered from the last attack on Israel, yet the radicals among them will not hesitate to start again. When they do, Israel will be within its rights to hammer them again. We can only hope a UN general or two gets caught in the cross fire.
