Bush on Qana: "sustainable" peace (not ceasefire) "FOR SAKE OF CHILDREN"

[DeepModem Mom]

US Urges Restraint, Long-Term Solution After Qana
By REUTERS
Published: July 30, 2006

WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - The United States urged Israel on Sunday to take more care to avoid civilian casualties in Lebanon after an air strike killed at least 54 people, and Washington pressed for a long-term solution as Israel agreed to suspend its air campaign for 48 hours.

"Today's actions in the Middle East remind us that the United States and friends and allies must work for a sustainable peace, particularly for the sake of children,'' President George W. Bush said in Washington before leaving for Miami.

His remarks came before Israel agreed to stop its air campaign in southern Lebanon for two days to help improve the flow of humanitarian aid following an air strike on the village Qana that killed 54 people, most of them children.

"The president has said repeatedly that he would love to have a ceasefire immediately, but you have to have conditions under which it is a ceasefire that will lead to peace and not a ceasefire that will simply provide a brief cessation of the hostilities,'' White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-mideast-usa.html

[savemefromdumbya]

1. obviously didn't care about Iraqi children - remember shock and awe?

[Kagemusha]

2. He'd love to have a ceasefire except for the fact he doesn't.

Thanks for clarifying that, Tony Snow.

[mediaman007]

3. I bet that they'd stop this crap if there were fetuses involved!

[bullimiami]

4. bush and rice could have stopped this. they could have gotten a ceasefire

days ago. they didnt want to. not enough killing yet. now its become a p.r. problem.