the united nations utterly failed to keep hezbollah north of the litani and the french should be removed from the mission, going forwards, due to their abject failure to keep the peace. while it is welcome news to hear hezbollah volunteering to retreat, and i hope they actually do so, the question of enforcement remains an open question, and somebody needs to be able to set up there to keep the parties apart that is not the french.

i would hope the israelis are reasonable about the situation.

but enforcement is a key question and promises on paper by hezbollah are not good enough.

it is good news, and i hope it develops.