After agreeing to contribute several thousand troops to aid in the UN peace keeping force in southern Lebanon, the spineless French backed out of thier commitment once again . You can only assume that France and the UN are worthless! They both show us time and time again that they have little stomach for providing action to back up their words.
France on Thursday rebuffed pleas by U.N. officials to make a major contribution to a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, setting back efforts to deploy an international military force to help police a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, according to U.N. and French officials.
French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that France would contribute only 200 additional troops to the U.N. operation in southern Lebanon, which the Security Council wants to expand from 2,000 troops to 15,000. Chirac said that a force of about 1,700 French troops and crew members on warships off the coast would provide logistical support. …
