[TIME] George Shultz - Hizballah must be disarmed. That is called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1559. The members of the Security Council foresaw that leaving Hizballah armed would likely lead to exactly what has happened. If there is to be an international force - and there should be - its mission should be to disarm Hizballah. Such a force needs to be knowledgeable, strong, and no-nonsense. It has to go in with the expectation that Hizballah will lay down its arms so they can be destroyed. If Hizballah won't do that, the international force has got to have the active rules of engagement and military capability to destroy those weapons. The U.S. should not be part of the international force. The writer is a former U.S. Secretary of State.
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