UN, defying US, urges quick Middle East ceasefire (Bolton ridicules UN Demands for a Ceasefire)
yahoo  | July 19th

 

The United States dug in its heels on Wednesday against U.N. calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, saying such a measure made little sense between a state and a "terrorist group" like Hizbollah.

Speaking hours after France proposed that the U.N. Security Council consider a resolution calling for a lasting ceasefire, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said the council should focus on disarming the Hizbollah militia and extending Lebanese government control over the entire country.

"It is very hard to understand from the people calling for a ceasefire how you have a ceasefire with a terrorist organization like Hizbollah," Bolton told reporters.

"I am not sure that conventional thinking about a ceasefire makes any sense when you are dealing with a terrorist group that fires rockets at civilian populations and kidnaps innocent Israelis," he said.

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