UNIFL
The Tashnak, the main Armenian political party in Lebanon, expressed concerns on possible contribution of Turkey to the international peace keeping troops.
There were also objections to Germany's presence, in view of its past history with the Jewish community.
Israel also made it clear that it did not support the presence of soldiers from Islamic countries.
So who is left!?
posted by Paul at 12:19 AM
4 Comments:
Denmark :P
9:34 PM
keefo abu arz,
man, what u mentioned along with the obvious cold feet that the western world has had in the recent times to send troops has made the situation really shaky here again. the situation is v delicate. the cease fire is more of an illusion than a reality. we still here war planes in our skies from time to time and we r still undergoing a severe land, sea and air blockade. the gov't is reacting v slowly in reconstruction and patching things up which also makes u wonder if there is another round of violence on the way. add to it that in many ways, hariri's absence suits syria just as well as israel. there is no doubt that the baath is an enemy to lebanese statehood, sovereignty and independence and our economy just as much as is israel is. but there r 2 things that we should also take into consideration. we r all also partly to blame. lebanese have the habit of turning an ear to foreign powers. we always seem willing & ready to listen to our neighbors, or friends or sister or whatever u want to call syria, iran, saudi and the west. this makes such horrendous acts such as assassinating hariri and waging a month long war on us, rather or let's say relatively easy. iraq was destroyed when its internal powers became tools to iran, the us and britain. not defending saddam, but fragile states that have severe divisions and have no sense of a civil society (they're just a vicicous dictatorship)are more susceptible to violence and destruction than closely knit societies. hence, the developement of a civil society envisaged in an economy with strong foundations can almost be unbreakable. czech and slovaks, as the theory goes, hated each other as much as croats and serbs, but a sense of a civil society amongst its inhabitants made the transition more peaceful than romania or former yugoslavia. our leaders seem to be ignorant of these trends. they continue to play on emotional and as the cliche goes sectarian regressive feelings in order to justify their idleness. we almost always seem to have an excuse to do nothing progressive. every single leader has their theory. aoun blames it on the elections of 2005, pro-syrian puppets a la lahoud seem to be aimed at undermining any progress and the intent of putting sticks in wheels is vivid. march 14, blame their inability to move forward on lahoud. and so it goes, and the common denominator is always laying the blame on another. another point is that, i think israel and iran now seem intent on turning us into another 'gaza'. meaning that, in our current status, there r many similarities between us and gaza. we have a state that has friends such as france and the us, but there r those that consider the us as the ultimate enemy. a state that negotiates and has ties with the west, but an armed group that alone decides when, how and where they conduct military operations on israel. just like the pa and hamas. hence, israel goes in gaza, destroys homes, etc and retreats and still manages to shake abu mazen's hand. we seem to be heading to a similar status quo. now they go to baalbek, fight w hizb and we have to wake up the next day as if nothing happened. now the world was on its feet when leb was under fire, if we don't get our act together, reading that lebanese are dying and villages are being burned and 'clashes' between hizb (instead of hamas) and israel will be something u turn the page on in ur newspaper. hence, the situation is still scary. we need a break through. the ingredients for war and violence and chaos are all still there. and it is our lost faith in our leaders, the un, the 'civilized' world that keeps u on ur toes, feeling insecure, unstable, weary and extremely cautious, or put more simply in one word - pessimistic.
4:03 AM
The Usual Suspects...
9:35 PM
pauuuuuuuuuuul
ive missed you yalla write sth new
7:45 AM
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