UNIFIL Given Authorization To Keep Sucking
Oh please:
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has been permitted to use force in order to prevent a potential renewal of clashes. In a statement released on Tuesday by UNIFIL's spokesman, Alexander Ivanko, the newly expanded force's rules of engagement allow UN forces to "respond as required… should the situation present any risk of resumption of hostile activities." "UNIFIL commanders have sufficient authority to act forcefully when confronted with hostile activity of any kind," Ivanko said. The statement also detailed different types of checkpoints set up both by the UN force and the Lebanese army. "UNIFIL set up temporary checkpoints at key locations within its area of operations in southern Lebanon," said the statement.
Let's put this into perspective: the most powerful conventional force in the Middle East could not wipe out Hezbollah over a month of sustained fighting. Adjust for the fact that Israel didn't really put their back into it, and it still doesn't matter. There's no way that UNIFIL has any chance against Hezbollah in any kind of armed confrontation - and if UNIFIL did try to take on Hezbollah militarily, Hezbollah would dismantle them. If you're sympathetic to the current ceasefire conditions, then UNIFIL's job is to try to be in the general vicinity of Hezbollah rocket launching platforms and hope that Hezbollah gets bashful. If you're unsympathetic, then UNIFIL's job is to provide 40,000 new human shields to Hezbollah. We're unsympathetic.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has been permitted to use force in order to prevent a potential renewal of clashes. In a statement released on Tuesday by UNIFIL's spokesman, Alexander Ivanko, the newly expanded force's rules of engagement allow UN forces to "respond as required… should the situation present any risk of resumption of hostile activities." "UNIFIL commanders have sufficient authority to act forcefully when confronted with hostile activity of any kind," Ivanko said. The statement also detailed different types of checkpoints set up both by the UN force and the Lebanese army. "UNIFIL set up temporary checkpoints at key locations within its area of operations in southern Lebanon," said the statement.
Let's put this into perspective: the most powerful conventional force in the Middle East could not wipe out Hezbollah over a month of sustained fighting. Adjust for the fact that Israel didn't really put their back into it, and it still doesn't matter. There's no way that UNIFIL has any chance against Hezbollah in any kind of armed confrontation - and if UNIFIL did try to take on Hezbollah militarily, Hezbollah would dismantle them. If you're sympathetic to the current ceasefire conditions, then UNIFIL's job is to try to be in the general vicinity of Hezbollah rocket launching platforms and hope that Hezbollah gets bashful. If you're unsympathetic, then UNIFIL's job is to provide 40,000 new human shields to Hezbollah. We're unsympathetic.
