http://www.cnn.com/...
Clearly aimed at Lebanon's rejection of the ceasefire offer.
Lebanon rightfully rejected an offer in which Israel would retain the right to attack and occupy lebanon. "defensive" in front of military operations clearly does not mean in response to an attack(no matter what the dishonest AP claims), since an attack on Israel would clearly void the ceasefire.
Now our Orwellian War mongering Secretary of state is claiming Lebanon's refusal to let itself be attacked while disarming shows it does'nt want peace. The american media will sheepishly report Lebanon rejected peace. Our administration, the one who lied us into war with Iraq, gave Israel the green light to attack Lebanon, will sucessfully paint Lebanon as rejecting peace. The democrats will fail to stand up to this administrations war mongering in Lebanon just like it failed to stand up to them before the Iraqi war.
There reasoning was a temporary ceasefire was useleess, since eventually the fighting would start again. The media failed to point out that it might be easier for the sides to negotiate a peace if the fighting stopped for a few days. Now the admnistration is advocating a temporary agreement , during which time a final peace will be hammered out. Why did they not advocate this on day 1 of the war? Because of this regime's militaristic nature. War=progress, when not happy with the status quo, use the sword to mold into the shape you desire.