US Troops could be deployed to Lebanon? ( Harpers).

[chill_wind]

Could U.S. Troops End Up in Lebanon?
Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.


There's much discussion of putting a multinational, NATO-led force in southern Lebanon as part of a ceasefire agreement in the Israel–Lebanon conflict, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a story in the Washington Post, has said that she does “not think that it is anticipated that U.S. ground forces . . . are expected for that force.” However, a well-connected former CIA officer has told me that the Bush Administration is in fact considering exactly such a deployment.

Link: http://harpers.org/sb-source-bush-admin-lebanon-1153936109.html

[oberliner]

1. delete

[uppityperson]

2. if that was something like

fuck that shit, I am with you.

[MadMaddie]

3. Umm...where are they going to get the soldiars....are they going

to call back the guys and gals that have served their tours and retired....

I am telling you the only way they will get enough bodies is a draft....it's coming folks...don't be fooled...

[MADem]

4. Say, let's send two hundred and forty one Marine Peacekeepers over there!!

We'll call them the RONALD REAGAN BRIGADE....

http://www.cbsnews.com.nyud.net:8090/images/2003/10/23/image579635g.jpg

A U.S. Marine, his leg severely damaged from the
explosion that destroyed a Marine base command center,
is carried by comrades for emergency medical treatment
in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 23, 1983. (AP)

No doubt they'll be warmly greeted by their old friends, the Hizb'Allah, who will want to throw them quite the 'welcome back' party... :sarcasm:

[Malikshah]

5. Boy-- It is as if, Reagan has returned from Hell and is calling

the shots all over again.

I thought the recycling of history went every 20 years...but this is ridiculous.