So, everyone is willing to have a buffer force in Lebanon, but no one is willing to actually do it. According to the NY Times,
Support is building quickly for an international military force to be placed in southern Lebanon, but there remains a small problem: where will the troops come from?The United States has ruled out its soldiers participating, NATO says it is overstretched, Britain feels its troops are overcommitted and Germany says it is willing to participate only if Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia which it would police, agrees to it, a highly unlikely development.
Now maybe I'm just an old-fashioned guy, but it seems to me that Germany would be leaping at the chance to repay their blood debt to the Jews. A matter of national honor, one would think. Had they any.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at July 24, 2006 04:58 PM