- Reaction score
- 8,107
- Points
- 1,160
So what we are looking for is a handful of countries with modern, well equipped forces whose soldiers have no vested interests in the region and:
- like to help old ladies across the street;
- will sit down for long chats with both sides over coffee, tea or slivovitz according to local custom;
- are just as willing to kill Jews as Arabs;
- will not have any qualms about killing armed women and children;
- never kill innocents by accident or design;
- willingly accept punishment for such killings happen;
- be deliberative;
- be able to deliberate before the other side fires;
- are disciplined enough so that they will only follow orders;
- have the moral clarity to know when those orders shouldn't be followed;
- perform according to all these expectations and come back home to spouse and kids and carry on with daily life as if nothing has happened;
- be compassionate but unfeeling;
- be prepared to do it all over again in a few months time;
- repeat as necessary.
Should be easy enough to find.
The only real answer is to get those that have a vested interest in the area to get a grip on the situation, control their own turf, and come to an understanding with their neighbours. Historically that only seems to happen after enough people have seen enough blood and treasure wasted that they decide that any alternative might be better.
Lebanon has to get to grips with the South. Their civil war isn't over as tired as they might be. If they don't want to be held responsible for the actions of the people in the south then they can act against them or else cut them off and declare the territory south of the Litani to not be Lebanese and in fact an independent country. Hizbollah claims it is a government. Let it be held responsible as a government for its actions. Perhaps Syria would like to claim the land in order to support the tens of thousands of its citizens that live there "because the money is good". Then Syria could be held responsible for Hezbollah's actions.
For Lebanon they have to control it or disown it completely.
- like to help old ladies across the street;
- will sit down for long chats with both sides over coffee, tea or slivovitz according to local custom;
- are just as willing to kill Jews as Arabs;
- will not have any qualms about killing armed women and children;
- never kill innocents by accident or design;
- willingly accept punishment for such killings happen;
- be deliberative;
- be able to deliberate before the other side fires;
- are disciplined enough so that they will only follow orders;
- have the moral clarity to know when those orders shouldn't be followed;
- perform according to all these expectations and come back home to spouse and kids and carry on with daily life as if nothing has happened;
- be compassionate but unfeeling;
- be prepared to do it all over again in a few months time;
- repeat as necessary.
Should be easy enough to find.
The only real answer is to get those that have a vested interest in the area to get a grip on the situation, control their own turf, and come to an understanding with their neighbours. Historically that only seems to happen after enough people have seen enough blood and treasure wasted that they decide that any alternative might be better.
Lebanon has to get to grips with the South. Their civil war isn't over as tired as they might be. If they don't want to be held responsible for the actions of the people in the south then they can act against them or else cut them off and declare the territory south of the Litani to not be Lebanese and in fact an independent country. Hizbollah claims it is a government. Let it be held responsible as a government for its actions. Perhaps Syria would like to claim the land in order to support the tens of thousands of its citizens that live there "because the money is good". Then Syria could be held responsible for Hezbollah's actions.
For Lebanon they have to control it or disown it completely.