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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20060809.COGEE09/TPStory/International/columnists
An Assertive Lebanon? A Tough International Force? Give Me a Break
[Toronto Globe and Mail] Marcus Gee - Even if the international force does come together, it is not clear whether it would solve the problem. How would even a muscular international force handle a still armed, still militant Hizballah? Remember that Hizballah made its name by opposing a previous foreign intervention, killing 241 U.S. Marines and 58 French paratroopers in truck-bomb attacks in Beirut in 1983. The hard truth is, this conflict grinds on because no one wants to take on Hizballah - not the government of Lebanon, not the rest of the Arab world, and certainly not its sponsors in Syria and Iran. As usual, that dirty job is left to Israel.