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One might conclude that the Israeli government's thinking is "Well, so what's the UN going to do about it? Issue a 'strong condemnation' press release like they do when Hezbollah shoots rockets at us?"

Perhaps it's a message about the need for future peacekeeping missions to actually have the charter and willingness to do something other than just sit around and watch.

The film "No Man's Land" is a commentary on this topic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man's_Land_(film)

by asdf on Thu Jul 27th, 2006 at 10:03:31 AM EST
Including the ability to "do something about it" when Israeli and their proxies start shooting things I assume?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Jul 27th, 2006 at 10:13:11 AM EST
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Israel knows the US will veto anything along those lines, and the arabs know it too, which is why they don't trust the UN either, and the Europeans know it which is why they don't want to send troops.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 27th, 2006 at 10:25:00 AM EST
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