July 19, 2006

Condi (Rightfully) Isn’t Willing to Turn Mid-East Over to U.N. Peacekeepers

According to AP, Condi supports a U.N. peacekeeping force:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also called for the introduction of a strong peacekeeping operation.

As noted in the previous post, any U.N. peacekeeping force would be nothing more than protection for Hezbollah, which Israel is currently destroying.

But this Fox News story provides more detail on the goals of the GWB administration:

White House Wants Cease-Fire That Will Hold, Not Quick Fix

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is not yielding to international calls for a prompt cease-fire to end Israel's devastating campaign against Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

Instead, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is trying to drum up diplomatic support for what on Tuesday she called a cease-fire of "lasting value." That is, one that would have the Lebanese army take over the south of the country where Hezbollah guerrillas have conducted a cross-border war against Israel for years.

"The Middle East has been through too many spasms of violence and we have to deal with underlying conditions," Rice said at a news conference.

Sure, there can be U.N. peacekeepers - as long as Hezbollah loses this war decisively.

Any U.N. Peacekeepers Would in Reality Be Protection for Hezbollah

Isn't it interesting that no matter how many Israeli civilians are killed by Hamas or Hezbollah, the U.N. never even considered sending any "peacekeepers" to the Mid-East? Now that Israel is destroying Hezbollah, all of a sudden the dictator-driven U.N. is talking about sending in some "peacekeepers." Without question, such a U.N. force would be nothing more than a defensive shield for Hezbollah.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD that Los Angeles International airport was totally shut down yesterday for several hours.

A spokesman for Southern California Edison said a vehicle that crashed into a power pole in Palmdale caused a power fluctuation, which prompted the air traffic control center's backup generator to automatically turn on. About an hour later that generator failed.

"Their backup generator sensed there was a problem and kicked in, but for some inexplicable reason it malfunctioned," said Marlon Walker, a utility spokesman.

...At Los Angeles International Airport, the world's fifth-busiest in passenger volume, 221 flights with about 25,000 passengers were delayed, diverted to other airports, or canceled, said airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles.

I was in a plane that was supposed to land at LAX at 7pm. We circled over Phoenix until about 7, then landed in Tucson. (Las Vegas airport was packed with planes finding a place to land - and Phoenix had a sandstorm). We stayed in the plane until around 12pm, got into LA at 1pm, and sat in the plane again until 2pm waiting for a gate to open.

Yuck.