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Originally Posted by parihaka
New Zealanders came to realise that day that we have no allies, merely friends of convenience.
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It seems that for Israel, besides the United States there are no allies that are anything more than that. France and Israel have really never been on too great of terms since De Gaulle left power, but giving your troops standing orders to potentially destabilize even the shaky relationship that they have now is a retarded move on the part of the French. Its hypocritical to act tough when you say you're gonna enforce all the terms of the ceasefire, and yet so clearly be more concerned with only what one side does.
I'm not saying that Israel is doing something completely legal in terms of international agreements, but then again an agreement has to be abided by BOTH parties involved. They're just working with what they're getting. How tough Israel is dispositioned against Hizballah is inversely proportional to how tough UNIFIL is on Hizballah.
Thats why I see this ceasefire going nowhere but the same place it came from.