Ah, but you do the Americans injustice – they just want a *lasting* ceasefire (i.e. after letting the Israelis achieve all their military goals but before letting them get in too deep). See how sincere Condi sounds below!
Rice meets with Lebanon PM in Beirut By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora in Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country’s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hezbollah militia and Israel.
Rice’s unannounced stop in Lebanon was met warmly by Saniora, who greeted her with a kiss on both cheeks. Rice told him, “Thank you for your courage and steadfastness.”
Saniora told Rice he was glad to have her in Lebanon, adding that his government is looking to “put an end to the war that is being inflicted on Lebanon.” The two shook hands across a conference table on which there were two flags, one Lebanese and one American. Half a dozen other diplomats sat around the table.
Saniora and other Lebanese officials are expected to push Rice to call for an immediate cease-fire, something the Bush administration has resisted.
Rice’s visit, her third to Lebanon, is intended to make a show of support and concern for both the Saniora government and the Lebanese people, administration officials said. She also plans to talk with Lebanese leaders about how the central government can gain control of the entire country.
“We all want to urgently end the fighting. We have absolutely the same goal,” Rice told reporters traveling with her.
“Long term there is only one solution in this and that is to sort out the underlying reasons why this has come about,” he said.
“(We must) equally to make sure those in the region who want to de-stabilize stop destabilizing whether it’s in Iraq, Lebanon or Palestine or anywhere else in the region”.
He added: “I don’t want the killing to go on. I want the killing to stop. Now. It’s got to stop on both sides and it’s not going to stop on both sides without a plan to make it stop.”
Ah, but you do the Americans injustice – they just want a *lasting* ceasefire (i.e. after letting the Israelis achieve all their military goals but before letting them get in too deep). See how sincere Condi sounds below!
Rice meets with Lebanon PM in Beirut
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora in Beirut on Monday in a show of support for that country’s weakened democracy, which is struggling to contain the fighting between the Hezbollah militia and Israel.
Rice’s unannounced stop in Lebanon was met warmly by Saniora, who greeted her with a kiss on both cheeks. Rice told him, “Thank you for your courage and steadfastness.”
Saniora told Rice he was glad to have her in Lebanon, adding that his government is looking to “put an end to the war that is being inflicted on Lebanon.” The two shook hands across a conference table on which there were two flags, one Lebanese and one American. Half a dozen other diplomats sat around the table.
Saniora and other Lebanese officials are expected to push Rice to call for an immediate cease-fire, something the Bush administration has resisted.
Rice’s visit, her third to Lebanon, is intended to make a show of support and concern for both the Saniora government and the Lebanese people, administration officials said. She also plans to talk with Lebanese leaders about how the central government can gain control of the entire country.
“We all want to urgently end the fighting. We have absolutely the same goal,” Rice told reporters traveling with her.
Actually, the poster was circulating on the web, where I found it about an hour before As’ad did.
So thanks to the anonymous scanner.
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A prize for guessing who said this:
“Long term there is only one solution in this and that is to sort out the underlying reasons why this has come about,” he said.
“(We must) equally to make sure those in the region who want to de-stabilize stop destabilizing whether it’s in Iraq, Lebanon or Palestine or anywhere else in the region”.
He added: “I don’t want the killing to go on. I want the killing to stop. Now. It’s got to stop on both sides and it’s not going to stop on both sides without a plan to make it stop.”