So, France won’t help disarm Hezbullah. They won’t stop the flow of weapons from Syria into Lebanon. They won’t stop giving money to terrorists. And they won’t even stop their own police force from being attacked by “youths” in their inner cities. But there’s one thing they say they will do: Fire on Israeli Air Force jets that overfly Lebanon.
Commanders of the French contingent of the United Nations force in Lebanon have warned that they might have to open fire if Israel Air Force warplanes continue their overflights in Lebanon, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
So, how’s that going over in Israel?
Peretz said that nevertheless, Israel would continue to patrol the skies over Lebanon as long as United Nations resolution 1701 remained unfilfilled, adding that such operations were critical for the country’s security, especially as the abducted IDF soldiers remain in Hezbollah custody and the transfer of arms continue.
Over the past few days, Peretz said, Israel had gathered clear evidence that Syria was transfering arms and ammunition to Lebanon, meaning that the embargo imposed by UN Resolution 1701 was not being completely enforced.
Uh-huh. 1701 is violated by the Syrians and the Lebanese, and the French are mum. The IAF makes some aerial surveillance overflights, and suddenly the French are trigger-happy.
So, what do I think would happen? Well, I got a little help from one of my favorite analysts:
Whoops, it’s the IAF in a crusher. Wait, let’s try something else: The IAF versus the entire Blue Helmet force.
Doom for the blue helmets.
Well, there you have it, folks. The IAF would crush the French and the entire UN peacekeeping force, but we kinda already knew that.