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    Comments (4) Published November 17th, 2006 under Politics

    UN Peacekeepers patrolling in southern Lebanon were prepared to fire at two Israeli F-15s and another two drones (see story here). In total, there were 14 Israeli air violations in a one-day period. As part of the cease-fire deal, Israel was not to carry out any more overhead flights over Lebanon. Why does this story matter? Israel has been in constant (going back decades) violation of UN resolutions, and this is just the latest. Hezbollah and other resistance terrorist organizations are easily branded as evil and 100% responsible for any action against Israel by many media outlets and (especially) our government. These illegal flyovers exemplify that there is often more than meets the eye. When the Palestinians or other Arab communities snap, they don’t do so in a vacuum.

    The Israeli position: They want to make sure that Hezbollah doesn’t rearm on the Syrian border.

    My take: Isn’t that what the UN is supposed to do? If Israel is not happy with the way the UN is carrying the job, then bring it up in the UN.

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    Comment from Samer Farhat November 19, 2006 at 5:25 pm

    I don’t think Israel has ever obeyed a UN resolution. Lately, the US vetoes almost any UN resolution with the name Israel in it. And the US also likes to go to war without the UN, then beg the international community to help out. Israel and the United States have largely made the UN impotent and useless.

    Comment from Eddy E November 19, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    Samer, I appreciate your point, largely because the way that the Bush administration has spun the story is that the UN has made the UN impotent and useless.

    Comment from Samer Farhat November 21, 2006 at 4:33 pm

    I hear you Eddy. I don’t know how the UN refusing to go to an unjust war with the US added up to them being irrelevant. Bush tried so hard to spin that and succeeded to a large extent.

    It’s just like the French-bashing. Here we are 3 years later having made a horrible mistake going to Iraq, a mistake in which the French refused to participate, yet many Americans feel totally justified bashing the French for basically making the right call. It’s beyond reason!

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