European troops in Lebanon
José M. de Areilza
August 24, 2006
Tomorrow the General Affairs Council will hold and extraordinary session and will meet with Kofi Annnan to discuss European troops involvement in Lebanon. The ceasefire is fragile: with or without serious international peacekeeping efforts war is likely to return. Behind the French doubts is the hard fact that most European leaders do not want to take the risk of sending troops to face a difficult mission. But it is not just a matter of political will versus cold feet. More worringly, Europe has no military capacities. Most prime ministers are being realistic when they limit their international security efforts to police and humanitarian roles (not the only priorities in Lebanon). Even if the United Kingdom and France troops were fully present in Lebanon, the truth of the matter is that a combination of 25 European Member States is not prepared to fight a war, let alone defeat guerrilla warfare combined with terrorist attacks.
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