,Beware of Deploying U.S. Peacekeepers on the Golan Heights

Beware of Deploying U.S. Peacekeepers on the Golan Heights


 

Publication Date: October 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Thomas Moore; James A. Phillips

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Middle East

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel Syria

Abstract:

Congress must open debate on the Golan peacekeeping issue before it is presented with another fait accompli like Haiti or Bosnia. Now that Secretary of Defense Perry has confirmed that a U.S. commitment of some sort exists, it can no longer be deemed “premature” for Congress to discuss the issue.