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Beastly Boy

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1. The headline and the carefully selected quotes do not begin to describe the content of the article.
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:11 AM
Dec 2024

Last edited Tue Dec 3, 2024, 10:53 AM - Edit history (1)

Upon reading further, one would discover, for instance, that "Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, a close Hezbollah ally who negotiated the deal on behalf of Lebanon, spoke to officials at the White House and French presidency late Monday and expressed concern about the state of the ceasefire, the sources said."

This request, as the article doesn't neglect to point out, comes from the de-facto Hezbollah (a proxy of Iran) representative in Lebanon's Parliament, and allegedly the richest man in Lebanon with close political and financial ties to Bashar Assad (an ally of Iran), the dictator of Syria, and is not a formal request from Lebanon's government.

The same Berri, a Hezbollah representative, came up with the 54 alleged violations of the cease fire agreement by Israel.

The same two officials are instrumental in delaying the implementation of enforcement mechanism which is, as you mentioned, "has been behind the curve".

In the mean time, while the cease fire agreement is not being enforced, Israeli troops on the ground have to deal with Hezbollah's infiltration back into Southern Lebanon (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-831777). Is this not a fundamental violation of the cease fire agreement? And who is left to deal with it but the IDF? The terms of the cease fire agreement certainly permit IDF, at their discretion, to do just that.

Or are you proposing Israel should withdraw its troops without the monitoring mechanism to enforce the terms of the agreement being put in place and take Hezbollah's word that they will be good boys and never ever move back into Southern Lebanon and will never ever again fire their Iran-funded missiles into Israel's civilian centers?

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The headline and the carefully selected quotes do not begin to describe the content of the article. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #1
The quotes were selected to show the moniss Dec 2024 #2
The "enforcement" you are talking about is the responsibility of the Government of Lebanon, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #3
If you read the article there is a side moniss Dec 2024 #4
I read the article. There is no mention of any side agreement in it. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #5
All of the material inside of quotes moniss Dec 2024 #6
Does this reply have anything to do with a side agreement you mentioned earlier? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #7
There is none so blind as the saying goes. nt moniss Dec 2024 #8
...who will not see what is in the cease fire agreement before commenting on it? Is this how the saying goes? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #9
Alarabiya is a questionable right wing source. lapucelle Dec 2024 #10
Once again I will point out for the moniss Dec 2024 #11
The committee you are referring to is not a committee, the role of the US and Franceare not its only members, Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #12
Your claim is erroneous as to the moniss Dec 2024 #13
What is erroneous about my claim as to the US/French role? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #14
You don't have the moniss Dec 2024 #15
What? Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #16
There is none so blind as I said. moniss Dec 2024 #17
Well, that's generic enough to signify inadequacy. Beastly Boy Dec 2024 #18
Glad to help you on your path to improvment. nt moniss Dec 2024 #19
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