Bolton says U.S. blocked Israel truce
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LONDON, March 22 The United States resisted calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon last summer, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.Washington first wanted Israel to eliminate Hezbollah's military might, Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told BBC in an interview for a documentary next month.The war began when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and the fighting quickly escalated into a full-blown conflict causing widespread destruction in southern Lebanon and numerous rocket attacks from Lebanon into Israel.U.S. officials decided to join efforts to end the conflict when it became evident Israel's military campaign was not working, he said.Bolton calls it "perfectly legitimate and good politics" for the Israelis to try to defeat their enemy militarily as it was acting in its own self-defense. He said he was "damned proud of what we did" in preventing an early cease-fire. Copyright 2007 by UPI
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Bolton says U.S. blocked Israel truce
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Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:51:47 GMT
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A day or two before Hezbollah captured the two Israeli soldiers, Israeli soldiers crossed the boarded into Lebanon and kidnapped a doctor and his brother, adding to the thousands of innocent Lebanese and Palestinians help by Israel.
It is a far greater crime to kidnap civilians then to kidnap soldiers. (Solders are payed to take that risk). Lebanon had previously exchanged military prisoners for civilian prisoners so It seemed to be an appropriate response to kidnap the Israeli soldiers.
Bolton is a deranged and sick minded individual, which is why he works so well for the Bush team. He is very proud of what he achieved, but would he be so proud if one of the many many dead children were one of his own?
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