So there you have it. The UN haggles and wriggles for weeks, and France, who were pleased to announce that that they were leading the process with the US, have now offered to send the grand total of 400 troops (out of a potential force of 15,000), as long as they don't have to fight. Can somebody please tell me what is the point of having soldiers if you do not want them to fight? I can see it now, the youth of France wanting to join either the fonctionaires, or the army, because it's a pretty easy job, for life, with a good pension.
Nobody wants to disarm Hezbollah. Lebanon are supposedly sending troops south (where exactly were they before?), other nations have pledged troops in their thousands and France wants to command the whole shooting match. Can I point out that it was France who was leading the 'peacekeeping' mission that already, supposedly, exists in Lebanon and who obviously did nothing, as Hezbollah dug in and assembled the means to fire thousands of rockets? The whole lot are a total shambles and a bunch of jokers! We should all be thoroughly ashamed of our governments.
And lest anyone be carried away with the notion that UN forces are any use at all, take a look at this article.
Anybody want to join me in a world revolution? We can sort out the details later, just like everybody else does!
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Michel arrived as promised at 07.00 this morning to start the hole plugging efforts. There were 4 separate areas that needed fixing to stop Max getting out of the garden and he had it all finished by noon. Thanks Michel!
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For dinner we had smoked salmon, 5 hour slow cooked lamb and chocolate souffle puddings.
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