Washington denies isolation over Lebanon: senior US official

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:rofl: Nice pic of Condi too.

ROME (AFP) - The United States denied it was isolated on the Lebanon crisis after an international conference broke up without agreement on the timing of a ceasefire.

A senior US State Department official said that the United States would be working with its partners in the days ahead and hoped that a UN Security Council resolution on the way forward in the crisis could soon be agreed.

"I would take very strong issue with the sense that there is isolation ... one (country) on one side and everybody else on the other," the official said on condition of anonymity.

"I am seeing it being reported that they failed to achieve a ceasefire in this meeting. That was never the purpose of this meeting," the official added.

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[Robbien]

1. Okay, it is one country and its poodle on one side

with everyone else against.

Of course FauxNews keeps saying everyone is on the US plus poodle side.

[Vidar]

2. We're not isolated bcause Israel still sides with us, or so we think.

[kenny blankenship]

3. "We are the world", right?

We kill the children...

[sabra]

4. U.S. says Lebanon talks not a failure

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B418532.htm

U.S. says Lebanon talks not a failure

ROME, July 26 (Reuters) - The United States rejected suggestions on Wednesday that talks on Lebanon had failed after a joint declaration stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.

World diplomats at the meeting, following long discussions over the wording, instead agreed in their declaration to "work immediately to reach with the utmost urgency" a ceasefire.

"What do you mean they broke down? They came up with an agreement that talked about an urgent ceasefire," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.

"I think it's important to recognize that if you don't have a specified clock date for a ceasefire, that's not a failure, that's a recognition of reality."

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5. Sucess! We TALKED about a ceasefire!!

what, no ceasefire? all we were trying to do was talk about it, not actually do anything silly librul media.

If people are killed, that is not a failure, just a recognition of reality. I miss Scotty.

[Kagemusha]

6. That quote sounds like it's from Rice herself.

Boo hoo hoo. Poor Rice. No one understands that the ceasefire just isn't on her official agenda.

[mom cat]

7. And the goals she and Israel have fot the war have not been met.

[MGKrebs]

8. Elliot Abrams is handling this now?

"The official said US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice was leaving behind US Middle East envoy David Welch and assistant national security advisor Elliott Abrams to hold talks in the region while she attends an Asian summit in Malaysia."

Iran/Contra liar and fixer. NeoCon point man. PNAC luminary. Criminal and without morals.

Unlikely to get a diplomatic resolution in the ME as long as he's around.

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10. Good catch. nt

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9. Condi was/is not on a peace mission.

......"I am seeing it being reported that they failed to achieve a ceasefire in this meeting. That was never the purpose of this meeting," the official added.