French-Led Peacekeeping Force

Yeah, like this will actually work. The French are wanting to lead the peace keeping force in Lebanon

There are very good reasons why the French would like to take the lead in forming the peacekeeping force that will be needed to help embolden the Lebanese army as it takes over from Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon, creating a demilitarized buffer zone along the Israeli border.
The French have historic ties to Lebanon.
When the Ottoman Empire was dismantled at the end of World War I, the League of Nations carved up the Middle East, giving the area that is now Syria and Lebanon to the French in 1920, making France the mandatory power there — much like Britain was made the mandatory power of what was then Palestine. The French then carved Lebanon out of Syria — placing the Lebanese Christians, who were the majority, into positions of power.

Ok so a big portion of this crap is France's fault in the first place.

As a result of France's commitment to Lebanon, French President Jacques Chirac teamed up with the U.S. nearly two years ago to sponsor U.N. Security Council resolution 1559. The first diplomatic unity exhibited between the U.S. and France since relations were strained over the Iraq War, 1559 had two key parts: 1) Syrian forces — soldiers and intelligence had to leave Lebanon after 26 years of occupation. 2) That Hezbollah be disarmed. Syria was forced to withdraw a year ago. Hezbollah was never disarmed.

Actually Syrian forces never completely left, they simply removed their uniforms and became another part of Hezbollah. Then part of the new plan is the following.

• An immediate cessation of hostilities agreed to by Israel and the Lebanese government. Most significantly the agreement is not with Hezbollah — and it is not clear whether it will sign on or whether its Syrian and Iranian backers will place any pressure on it to stop fighting.

• The release of the abducted Israeli soldiers and a “settlement of the issue of Lebanese prisoners detained in Israel” — a prisoner exchange of some sort. It is not clear whether it will be simultaneous, or down the road, or whether either side will agree.

• The disarmament of all militias and a demilitarized zone from the Israeli border up until the Litani River inside Lebanon. Only the Lebanese army and the new international force being deployed in the buffer zone will be allowed to carry arms there.

I find these rules highly ironic. I mean when has a U.N. Security force EVER done the job that it was supposed to do and not fall into corruption. It will only be a matter of time before Syria and Iran, pay off the UN to allow Hezbollah back in with their weapons. The Only DMZ that has worked in the past 50 years have been ones that the US Military have set up, and manage.

The biggest problem is that we already have a U.N. Security Council resolution that deals with disarming Hezbollah and asserting Lebanese sovereignty over the South — it’s called 1559. It so threatened the Syrians that many presume it served as the impetus for the Syrian regime to order the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

And why don't we simply allow Israel to do what the UN could not do? Because it would be one more strike against an organization that has proven it has little or no credibility or integrity left. The past 2 secretary Generals have been more corrupt than any Russian politician, or even the most vile mafia gangster the US has ever seen. The organization is completely filled with people who hate both the United States as well as Israel. They also are proof that you cannot have a world government because it is to easily corrupted.

You need Iran and Syria onboard if this is going to be any different from past resolutions.

No you don't because they are the trouble makers here. If you want to make this happen and have any teeth to it you need China, Russia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia on board. Not the bully's on the block. The Regional powers of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as Russia and China backing a military force in the region until the Lebanese Government can finally establish a Hezbollah free southern region may be successful, but only if they do their jobs.

The French will lead the force, but they don’t want to shoot at Hezbollah fighters — that wouldn’t play well among its Arab allies.

Therefore the U.S. has concerns about the mechanism being put into place to insure that there isn't a vacuum when Israel's forces pull back and this "international force" deploys. Unless the international community comes up with that mechanism, the only mechanism to disarm Hezbollah at this point seems to be Israel's military

Of course the French don't want to shoot Arabs, they want to be their buddies in the hopes that the radical mullahs will not turn their anger towards them. Sorry but that is only a matter of time. The French need to wake up and realize that until Syria and Iran are pulled back into line like a treated like a disruptive school child nothing will change over there. Lybia is the example of how to encourage proper international behavior through superior military and economic force.