And the headline is "U.S. joins Arab allies"

and thats one US plane.

No US planes would have been better and "Arab allies join lebanon"

>That's exactly what the U.S. did:
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>By early afternoon Friday, a total of five military transport planes landed at the Beirut airport, including one from the U.S. Air Force, two from the Emirates’ air force and two Royal Jordanian Air Force planes.
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>>>It seems to be spreading:
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>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18857073/
>>The trouble is how will this play in the other arab states. The US would have been well advised to send its aid via Jordan and the Emirates.