UN votes to send 15,000 peacekeepers to S. lebanon.

[napi21]

The United Nations' Security Council voted Friday to send a fifteen thousand strong contingent of peacekeepers and monitors into southern Lebanon in a bid to halt the ongoing violence. The US voted in favor of the measure, but will not send troops. Israel has indicated they will accept the resolution.

This is from Truthout.

So who are these peacekeepers? Where do they come from? Far as I know,the UN doesn't have ANY people hanging around just waiting to do this???

[pinto]

1. My take is they pull on a "roster" of countries' committed

personnel resources. Doesn't happen overnight, that I do know, but I'm sure there's an established process. Good question, though.

[wakeme2008]

2. probably 10,000 from our over supply of Army troops

:sarcasm:

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Of course US cannot send troops

US troops are like magnet for disaster in these area.

If you send US troops nobody else wants to go.