Israel Requests NATO Help

American Voices

July 27, 2006 | ISSUE 42•30

Israel surprised the international community by requesting that NATO troops be sent in to patrol the Lebanon–Israel border. What do you think?

So long as no one clues in the newbie members like Estonia and Latvia that there's a NATO Do-Not-Call List, this should be doable.

Ian McDonaugh
Architect
Didn't Condoleezza Rice just fly all the way to Lebanon? And the problem is still not solved

Steve Mott
Gift Shop Cashier
Well, we have to pull those troops out of Sudan immediately. You always help the least-brown people first, that's just how it works.

Silvia Jones
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