Le French To....The Rescue?

The French are up to their old tricks again; namely, flipping the bird to Israeli National Security and facilitating Civil War in Lebanon. The French, who are supposedly keeping the peace in Southern Lebanon, have, for the past few months, taken issue with Israeli Air Force overflights in the area. Of course, the reason the IAF does these fly-overs is to monitor Hezbollah and try to prevent them from smuggling rockets into the area. Those rockets will, naturally, be used against Israel; and the reason that the Israelis have to keep an eye on the situation is because, well, no one else seems to be able to. The Lebanese government can't control Hezbollah, the Syrians are sponsoring them, and the French, who are the UN's designated 'peacekeepers,' aren't exactly doing anything about it either.

But, the French just can't stand it when another Nation has the gall to point out their incompetence. So they've decided to make the IAF leave by sending in unmanned drones to patrol the area.

The IAF, of course, isn't stupid enough to stop its flyovers. If the French couldn't patrol the area and monitor Hezbollah with the military regiments it already has there, what's to make them think that these drones will solve the problem? What new evidence does the Israeli government have that will make them think the French are serious about disarming Hezbollah? Indeed, the French don't even consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization. And herein lies the rudimentary problem - and that is that the only folks capable of effectively dealing with Hezbollah are the Israelis. The French and other UN do-gooders certainly have proven themselves unworthy. Most everyone else in the Middle East is on Hezbollah's side. The United States can't do anything because we're in Iraq and Afghanistan. And that leaves Israel.

So here's a word of advice to the French and all their peacekeeping pals: When it comes down to it, the Israelis are the most stabilizing force in Lebanon, so don't spend so much time and effort trying to get rid of them! They're on your side! Or, at least, you should be on theirs.