News Flash: Secretary Rice Refuses to Grow In Office
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Today's winner is Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Dr. Rice has been given ample opportunity to "grow in office;" and indeed, she has even been accused of drifting leftward (unfairly accused) by sundry conservatives. But today's pronouncement on the Israeli war on Hezbollah should lay those fears to rest: Condi Rice has not gone soft on terrorism.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put forward proposals to Lebanon on Monday to end Israel's war on Hizbollah but insisted a ceasefire could only come as part of a wider deal, Lebanese politicians said....

Rice told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Hizbollah who is also close to Syria, a ceasefire must be part of a deal that included Hizbollah's withdrawal beyond the Litani River, 20 km (13 miles) north of Israel, and deployment of an international force in the border region, a Lebanese political source said.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 25, 2006 at 07:32 AM in Bill Faith, Current Affairs, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Rurik

Sorry, but I'm totally dis-impressed by all this talk of Hezbollah withdrawing north of the Litani, or disarming, or anythign else.
Israel should declare a unilateral ceasefire when the last Hezbollock has stopped twitching and begun to cool. The organization itself must be destroyed, along with all, or virtually all its members.
Anything less is just dickering over the price of the sellout.
We do not need to do anything but reassure Israel that this is none of our business and we're not going to get in their way.

Posted by: Rurik | Jul 25, 2006 8:49:31 AM