Further on in the interview, Douste-Blazy adds:You know, that might explain the 200 "additional" troops... they aren't planning to do anything, to anyone, anyhow.
We are in agreement about the objective: the disarmament [of Hezbollah], but for us the means are purely political. That is a French specificity.
Douste-Blazy did not elaborate on just what "political means" France intends to bring to bear to disarm Hezbollah, nor when.
"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Saturday, August 19, 2006
Disarming Hezbollah- not on the French watch
John Rosenthal at Transatlantic Intelligencer has the words of the French Foriegn Minister here:
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