Do you think the United States is the proper nation to broker a peace deal between Isreal & Lebanon,?

Question

Hezbollah, and Hamas? If not what nation would best help resolve the conflict?

Answer 1

No, not at all. In the Arab mind Israel and the US are the same thing. The US is viewed with much suspicion, since it always backs Israel and since US-made helicopters attack residential apartment buildings and US-made jets bomb Palestinian targets. The US has effectievly been taken over by Israel, and anything Israel does, no matter what the atrocity, the US supports. The end result is that the US has no credibility in the Arab world.

Russia might stand a chance because the Soviet Union opposed the US in the Cold War for so many years, and, as the Arab proverb says "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Answer 2

Well, no. For a lot of reasons, none the least of which is that the Bush administration has no credibility in the Arab world. But I dont want to digress into the topic of how much of a jackass Bush is...

So, let me say this: This kind of situation is exactly why the world put together the United Nations after WWII. It's so fashionable these days for Americans to complain about the UN, but if the US actually supported the UN, that organization would be able to handle disputes like this.

The 2000 peace deal was brokered through the UN, sponsored by US, France and Britain. But part of the deal was for Lebanon to disarm the Hezbollah militias. This was never done, and no one---not Britain, not France, and not (keep this in mind when you hear complaints about the UN) the Bush administration---pushed Lebanon to keep its promise. The US, in fact, told Israel to chill out and let Lebanon have elections, even though it was probable that Hezbollah would gain political legitimacy, which it did. Same thing happened in Palestine, with Hamas.

So, it's a mess. Sad to say, Russia and China have many more connections in the Mideast than the US does right now. Which is a very scary thought, considering their tendency to back Iran and Syria.

Answer 3

I do not think that the US is the proper nation to broker a peace deal between Israel and Lebanon.
Firstly, as an unconditional backer of israel politics the Us is unfairly biased towards settling a deal that favours Israel.
Secondly, the US has come determined that because democracy is not practiced in Lebanon then they must be wrong. Lebanon and most of the Middle East countries have existed with their own form of governance for quite some time. Outside interference is usually what precipitates the bloody violence that is seen in these past years.
Thirdly, with the US' recent track-record of "successes" in Iraq, would they really consider trying to make peace?!

Nope, nope and nope...
Let the European nations do it... step back and let the UN do what it was created to do: ensure peace among the world's nations using diplomatic measures first. Let the United Nations lead the way to coming up with a peaceful way to end this latest conflict. The US would most likely make a bad situation even worse.

My $0.02

Answer 4

I'd go back to the United Nations Security Council and ask them to enforce the year 2000 agreement in which Israel got out of Lebanon and was supposed to protect Israel against Hazbollah attacks from the south of Lebanon. Then the agreement will be an international agreement and a peace keeping force can help Lebanon control the Hazbollah.

Answer 5

US policy is a big cause of the situation there. They provided Israel with the funds and the weapons. They may even hope that it gets worse and that Israel goes to Iran on behalf of them... US don't care if "non-american" innocent people get killed (in Irak or in Lebanon) as long as it serves their political / strategical interests. The answer may be that if US change their mind / their strategy they will try and do something...
But Dapixelator is right : Europe should intervene since they are more neutral (fair ?) in their ideas and position, and also closer to the region.
As for the "conflict to be resolved" it will take much more than a decision / unilateral action by the US...

Answer 6

The US is seen as the Great Satan to many of the world and any brokered peace would be seen as invalid. Actually, France would probably be okay, if they could muster the cahoneys to do it. They are as non-threatening a member of the West as there could be. They have too many muslims in the own country for them to ever have become to anti-Muslim so they may be trusted.

If the broker is Middle Eastern, it will be Jordan, or Egypt.

Answer 7

The United States is not qualified because of its ties with Israel. The proper body is the United Nations since it is an organization of many nations.

Answer 8

No, the Leaders are very biased and probably have many secret links to Israel.
Thought is probably; that they rid the Mideast of all Arabs, trillions more can be made by inflating oil prices even more than at present.
Remember; the Arabs and the Jews came from the same ancestral roots.
Does any Nation have the right to intervene?

Answer 9

We have such a "good" record in Iraq, and Afghanistan. I feel that most of the world doesn't respect us, and the Arabic world hates us. I believe that Hezbollah is attempting to draw us into a third war in the region. Creating more hate as we try to impose our values on another Arabic country.

Answer 10

Frig, NO! all they do is mess things up (iraq, afghanistan...) i think that if the eastern countries want to fight so much, we should give all the humanitarian aid the civilians need, but NEVER send troops in. Americans/Canadians are dying almost every day in the east because of us butting in and trying to solve others' political issues.