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|source=The Washington Post
|source=The Washington Post
|date=8/18/2006
|date=8/18/2006
|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/08/will_the_beirut_spring_be_lost.html
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701190.html
|quote="This is no time for the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. to be saying, when asked about the creation of an international force, that "this really is a responsibility of the Secretariat." Maybe officially, but if we are not working frantically behind the scenes to make sure that this preposterously inappropriate body actually gets real troops in quickly, armed with the right equipment and the right mandate, the moment will be lost. And with it, Lebanon."
|quote="This is no time for the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. to be saying, when asked about the creation of an international force, that "this really is a responsibility of the Secretariat." Maybe officially, but if we are not working frantically behind the scenes to make sure that this preposterously inappropriate body actually gets real troops in quickly, armed with the right equipment and the right mandate, the moment will be lost. And with it, Lebanon."
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{{opinion|2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|United States should help to disarm Hezbollah|for}}
{{opinion|2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|United Nations should disarm Hezbollah|for}}
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Latest revision as of 14:33, October 1, 2006

This is an opinion item.

Author(s) Charles Krauthammer
Source The Washington Post
Date 8/18/2006
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701190.html
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Quotes-start.png "This is no time for the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. to be saying, when asked about the creation of an international force, that "this really is a responsibility of the Secretariat." Maybe officially, but if we are not working frantically behind the scenes to make sure that this preposterously inappropriate body actually gets real troops in quickly, armed with the right equipment and the right mandate, the moment will be lost. And with it, Lebanon." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position United Nations should disarm Hezbollah on the topic 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.