United States to Israel: you have one more week

[spindrifter]

to blast Hizbullah

Ewen MacAskill, Simon Tisdall and Patrick Wintour
Wednesday July 19, 2006
The Guardian

The US is giving Israel a window of a week to inflict maximum damage on Hizbullah before weighing in behind international calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to British, European and Israeli sources.
The Bush administration, backed by Britain, has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting initiated at the UN security council, the G8 summit in St Petersburg and the European foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

"It's clear the Americans have given the Israelis the green light. They will be allowed to go on longer, perhaps for another week," a senior European official said yesterday. Diplomatic sources said there was a clear time limit, partly dictated by fears that a prolonged conflict could spin out of control.

US strategy in allowing Israel this freedom for a limited period has several objectives, one of which is delivering a slap to Iran and Syria, who Washington claims are directing Hizbullah and Hamas militants from behind the scenes.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1823817,00.html

[Poll_Blind]

1. If this is not criminal, what is it? n/t

PB

[whistle]

2. Thank you Mr Bush in a week we can kill 30,000...uhmmm maybe

...50,000 more helpless Lebanese women, children and older people. That should give the Israelis bargaining leverage the bring the legitimate ruling government of Lebanon to its knees.

Democide: The murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder.

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP2.HTM

[Hardrada]

3. It's like they won some fucking prize or something

like peopel that get an hour to get what they want from a supermarket.

[Hippo_Tron]

4. But if we set a timetable for withdrawl...

doesn't that only encourage the terrorists to wait us out?