"Operationalizing Strategic Policy in Lebanon" Topic

"The current strategy for success in Lebanon is built around two lines of effort: Increasing counterterrorism capacity within the Lebanese Armed Forces and direct support of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.1 Each of these lines of effort is focused directly at the desired strategic end state of help building capacity in the Lebanese government so that it is viewed by the international community as legitimate and stable, and in possession of a military that is strong enough to eliminate any internal threats and to deny the necessity or presence of any internal militias or resistance forces to counter perceived external threats.

Achieving the above end state is not as simple as training the LAF to a predetermined level of military prowess. Once the military reaches that level, the government could call for the disarmament of all internal resistance movements; however, the regional turmoil surrounding Lebanon does not make that possible.

Despite the turmoil in the region, Special Operation Command Central has found and embraced a long-term regional partner force in the Lebanese Special Operations Forces. With these forces lies the cornerstone for increasing the overall CT capacity of the LAF. LSOF elements have been the focus of U.S. foreign-internal defense missions in the form of joint combined exercises for training and counternarcoterrorism operations for years. These missions have provided training and infrastructure improvements to the LSOF that have resulted in LSOF's designation as the Lebanese national strategic reserve. LSOF is the perfect partner force for U.S. Special Forces…"
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Armand

'Operationalizing'-that is sooo bad.

Hopefully the LSOFs are better that others in the region …