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Land For NATO

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
13 September 2006 

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Editorial Desk; SECTA
812 words
The New York Times
Late Edition - Final
23
English
Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The U.N./European force evolving in Lebanon may offer a new model. It's not "land for peace,"' or "land for war," but what I'd call "land for NATO." Israel withdraws and the border is secured by a force that is U.N. on the outside but NATO on the inside.

"The fact that it has a heavy European/NATO component makes it credible to Israel, and the fact that it has a U.N. umbrella makes it acceptable to the Arab world," said the U.N. under secretary Shashi Tharoor, the dynamic Indian diplomat who is a finalist to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general and who deserves U.S. endorsement.

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