Bush says he wants lasting Mideast cease-fire

[babylonsister]

How special is this? :eyes:


Bush says he wants lasting Mideast cease-fire

By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President George W. Bush says any cease-fire in the Mideast must be fully respected, Hamas rocket attacks on Israel stopped and the flow of smuggled weapons into Gaza cut off.

Bush called the Hamas attacks an "act of terror" and said no peace deal would be acceptable unless the flow of smuggled weapons to terrorist groups is monitored and stopped. He made the comments in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday but released a day early.

It was the first time Bush has spoken about one of the bloodiest Mideast clashes in decades, though a White House spokesman has offered extensive comments in recent days.

The conflict began a week ago. Israeli warplanes have rained bombs on Gaza, targeting the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has traumatized southern Israel with intensifying rocket attacks.

"The United States is leading diplomatic efforts to achieve a meaningful cease-fire that is fully respected," Bush said. "Another one-way cease-fire that leads to rocket attacks on Israel is not acceptable. And promises from Hamas will not suffice - there must be monitoring mechanisms in place to help ensure that smuggling of weapons to terrorist groups in Gaza comes to an end."

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[Tripper11]

1. * doesn't give a rats ass about anything...never did

He filled his and his cronies pockets, made the world the unsafest place it's been in decades, dare I say ever, and now this....fuck him!
17 more days and then we can start the work to repair all this damage....

[ixion]

2. gee, and all Palestine has to do is stop resisting being brutalized

by Israel... how typically stupid of him.

[Phred42]

3. ANd then went on vacation and said It's Obama's problem

[rhett o rick]

4. Bush speaks when he is told to. Some times I wonder what he really thinks.

Some one should throw a shoe at him, metaphorically of course. I truly wish him no harm. I want him to live a long life and someday understand what he has done.

He should get a lot of the credit for making America the 'axle' of evil.

[bigtree]

5. He's waiting for Israel to finish whatever they've planned

When (if) we do get a cessation of attacks, it will be after Israel has already destroyed all they intended, perhaps not until they've occupied the region.

Gaza needs an IMMEDIATE cease-fire.

[notesdev]

6. Get in line

with the last 7 other Presidents who wanted peace in the Middle East...

let me know when one of these guys figure out that there will be peace in the Middle East when the denizens therein make that decision for themselves, and not a moment sooner.

And stop wasting our money chasing these futile delusions please kthxbai

[spanone]

7. more legacy bullshit....where has he been for eight fucking years