The guys in the blue helmets are from UNIFIL, the legion that has not been keeping the peace in Lebanon since 1978.
Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:59 PM with 2 comment(s)
They were um . . . wiping sweat from their brow . . .
It's been known for a long time here that UNIFIL's toy soldiers spend much of their time "getting along with" and identifying with the local population so that they don't become targets for the various & sundry terrorist groups UNIFIL is supposed to be disarming. Part of the ritual is show that deep down UNIFIL support their armed struggle like all useful idiots should.
Whenever I hear someone (e.g., Yossi Beilin, Tom Friedman and many others) extolling the virtues of deploying an "International Force" in Judea & Samaria or Gaza as a way to give Israel security w/o involving the IDF, I think UNIFIL & wonder how these extollers can be so blind & stupid.
Hershel Ginsburg
Efrata / Jerusalem