EU Boosts Lebanon Cops to 'Free Up' Army for Hezbollah Disarmament
The EU, per Al-Monitor, wants to strengthen Lebanon's internal police force, ostensibly so the Lebanese army can concentrate on 'disarming Hezbollah.' How convenient. Meanwhile, the article notes 'Israel carrying out regular strikes on Lebanese territory' for Hezbollah's supposed rearmament efforts. One might wonder if these 'strengthening' efforts conveniently ensure the Lebanese army is pointed
in a certain direction, rather than, say, towards those 'regular strikes' violating national sovereignty. This isn't about internal security; it's about external priorities. The EU intervention frames the issue as Lebanon's internal problem, ignoring decades of Israeli belligerence and military occupation, from 1978 to 2000, and the 2006 war, which created the very security landscape they now
claim to fix. It's a classic move: fund the local muscle to do the bidding of larger powers, ensuring local forces are policing their own resistance movements (Hezbollah formed in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion) rather than confronting established external threats. It's almost as if some countries are allowed 'rearmament' while others are eternally cast as 'armed groups' to be disarmed.