Chewing the fat

While the rest of the world chew the fat in Rome, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, has said Israel would retain a "security strip" along the 80 km Israeli, Lebanese frontier. Peretz said the buffer zone was "temporary", and would be maintained only until the arrival of an international peacekeeping force recommended by the EU and US.



But so far, no country has volunteered its soldiers for the mission. So much for the European Union Rapid Reaction Force.

It would be quicker to spray the zone with pig fat, than to wait for the European Union pig to fly
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