Playing Ostrich

According to Israel National News, the ceasefire is in jeopardy.

Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni told CNN Tuesday that the government has evidence that Iran and Syria already are supplying Hizbullah terrorists with more arms via Syria. The government is relying on United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 - the ceasefire - to solve the problem, but the agreement appears to have been followed by more problems than solutions.

France has provided the latest hitch in the deployment of the proposed international United Nations force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The French General in charge of UNIFIL was quoted in a French newspaper as saying that it could take up to a year to deploy the forces.

Paris has promised to send thousands of troops to lead the international force to carry out the ceasefire resolution, which requires "the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that... there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State."

However, the resolution also calls for "no foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government," and Lebanon already has said it will not force Hizbullah give up its arms. The French defense minister also has said its forces will not take away arms from Hizbullah terrorist guerillas.

Thousands of French soldiers are on ships ready to sail to Lebanon, but the government now is backtracking, wanting a clear definition of its mandate and when soldiers can open fire, according to the The Associated Press.

How French. How anti-Semitic. There are simply three possibilities to look at this situation.

Option #1 - The UN and France are completely anti-Semitic. They have a tinge of guilt about their hatred of the Jew, so they do up a ceasefire, get militants re-armed and re-grouped, then back out of it and watch Jews die.

Option #2 - The UN and France are complete idiots, think that Hizbollah will honor the ceasefire, hold hands with Israeli Jews and sing Kum Ba Yah, and never have a problem again.

Option #3 - France has no balls.

I guess the absolute truth could be a combination of these three options.

Playing ostrich, sticking heads in sand, isn't going to put an end to this conflict/war. Rooting out the cause - Hizbollah - will.