The UN “Resolution” resolves nothing
The UN Resolution that is being pushed forward by Israel and the US essentially is calling for a mandated multi-national UN force (under Chapter 7) to be deployed into the South of Lebanon to replace the IDF (Israeli) Troops. Lebanon has rejected this not because we do not want an end to hostilities. On the contrary. However, it is the “under Chapter 7” that has us very worried as this could backfire.
A mandated UN force under chapter 7 is a deployment of multi-national troops that can use force and NOT a peace keeping force. This can be very dangerous for Lebanon as Israel/US will get the UN forces to try and do what they have failed to do, and that is squash Hezbollah.
This UN force, may use just that, force. And Hezbollah, a group that has not attacked any of the several UN (UNFIL peacekeeping and observation) positions in Lebanon since 1982 (unlike Israel that has multiple times), will be forced to respond as this is a foreign entity attacking them on their territory. Ultimately, Hezbollah will be even more effective against this multi-national force than they are having against Israel. The UN forces may not be as well equipped as the IDF and do not have commandos/soldiers who are familiar with southern Lebanese terrain…and they may not have the extensive intelligence Israel has accumulated on Lebanon. Hezbollah will exact heavy losses, killing UN soldiers from Finland, India, Japan, Italy, Norway, etc… depending on the make-up of the troops.
…and then, Lebanon a victim of a sick political/tactical game, will start to look bad even amongst the countries that currently support it. If that occurs, then who will stand up to protect us as plans for a TOTAL INVASION of Lebanon occurs by the IDF, American troops and or NATO troops.
NOTE: The draft resolution (currently being amended in NY) being pushed forward asks Lebanon to make all the concessions. It calls for Hezbollah to stop any “offensives” or retaliations against Israeli aggression. This essentially means that Israel can continue their onslaught under the guise of “defensive operations”. Finally, one of Lebanon’s main concerns is the Shebaa Farms area, the land that is claimed by Lebanon but occupied by Israel. The resolution says nothing of this although this occupied territory has provided fuel for a continued resistance by Hezbollah since Israel’s pull-out in 2000. Israel claims its Syrian land and thus they do not want to vacate it, but Syria has verbally stated it is Lebanon – but Syria has failed to put forth the appropriate documentation in the UN demarcating the land officially as Lebanese.
