Bolton admits Lebanon truce block and 'damn proud' of it
BBC News
A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted calls for a immediate ceasefire during the conflict in Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Former ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the BBC that before any ceasefire Washington wanted Israel to eliminate Hezbollah's military capability.
Mr Bolton said an early ceasefire would have been "dangerous and misguided".
He said the US decided to join efforts to end the conflict only when it was clear Israel's campaign wasn't working.
Israel was reacting in its own self-defence and if that meant the defeat of the enemy, that was perfectly legitimate under international law
John Bolton
The former envoy, who stepped down in December 2006, was interviewed for a BBC radio documentary, The Summer War in Lebanon, to be broadcast in April.
Mr Bolton said the US was deeply disappointed at Israel's failure to remove the threat from Hezbollah and the subsequent lack of any attempt to disarm its forces.
Britain joined the US in refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire.
'Damn proud'
The war began when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, but it quickly escalated into a full-scale conflict.
(Continued here.)
A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted calls for a immediate ceasefire during the conflict in Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Former ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the BBC that before any ceasefire Washington wanted Israel to eliminate Hezbollah's military capability.
Mr Bolton said an early ceasefire would have been "dangerous and misguided".
He said the US decided to join efforts to end the conflict only when it was clear Israel's campaign wasn't working.
Israel was reacting in its own self-defence and if that meant the defeat of the enemy, that was perfectly legitimate under international law
John Bolton
The former envoy, who stepped down in December 2006, was interviewed for a BBC radio documentary, The Summer War in Lebanon, to be broadcast in April.
Mr Bolton said the US was deeply disappointed at Israel's failure to remove the threat from Hezbollah and the subsequent lack of any attempt to disarm its forces.
Britain joined the US in refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire.
'Damn proud'
The war began when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, but it quickly escalated into a full-scale conflict.
(Continued here.)
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From Sunday’s News :
John Bolton on Iran (through CNN ) : “ultimately, the only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran. This regime has shown zero evidence that it has changed its strategic decision. And, to date, the pressure that has been applied to them has not moved them an inch." Bolton added that the United States must be prepared to deal military with Iran, but that it is the Iranian people who should bring about a change in their government.
Norm Coleman on Iran (through
KARE-11 ) : Coleman says sanctions against Iran are working to thwart that country's nuclear ambitions.
Query : Does that mean that sanctions and military action are the only course ?
What about dialogue and peaceful negotiations as the European Union advocates?
Coleman was a pointman promoting Bolton for the UN job, so does Coleman agree with Bolton and Bolton’s assessment that military force be ready for regime change ?
From Sunday’s News :
John Bolton on Iran (through CNN ) : “ultimately, the only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran. This regime has shown zero evidence that it has changed its strategic decision. And, to date, the pressure that has been applied to them has not moved them an inch." Bolton added that the United States must be prepared to deal military with Iran, but that it is the Iranian people who should bring about a change in their government.
Norm Coleman on Iran (through
KARE-11 ) : Coleman says sanctions against Iran are working to thwart that country's nuclear ambitions.
Query : Does that mean that sanctions and military action are the only course ?
What about dialogue and peaceful negotiations as the European Union advocates?
Coleman was a pointman promoting Bolton for the UN job, so does Coleman agree with Bolton and Bolton’s assessment that military force be ready for regime change ?
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