US-Lebanon-Israel
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.
news.bbc.co.uk
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.
news.bbc.co.uk



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you takeing it back?
This party hasn't been operating alone but with neighbouring "Syria's blessing" - with the guerrilla war against being a card for Damascus to play in its own confrontation with Israel over the occupation of the Golan Heights.
Over the 2 decades, Hezbollah evolved into a movement with thousands of trained guerrillas, members of parliament and a dynamic welfare programme benefiting many thousands of Lebanese.
Hezbollah is known to be a fighting force and all its members are devoted to furthering a very Islamic of the south region of Lebanon.
True. Unfortunately, that bloody and very destructive summer 06 war had put considerable level of poverty and hardship on many thousands of Lebanese living in the south region of Lebanon. Besides this, the peoples, the political stability, the environment and the economy of Lebanon are suffering from the consequences of last year war.