Posted on 08/01/2006 10:13:51 AM PDT by pissant
Britain and Germany today watered down a strong European Union call for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict as foreign ministers clashed in Brussels.
Instead of calling for an immediate ceasefire a convoluted statement issued by the 25 member states called for "an immediate end to hostilities to be followed by a sustainable ceasefire".
The move by Britain and Germany backs the stance of the United States which believes a ceasefire call should only be made if it was "sustainable".
It will be also interpreted as a snub to Jacques Chirac, the French president, who has been demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, was joined by her German, Czech and Polish counterparts in resisting a challenge by the Finns and the French to unite behind a stronger statement which also warned of breaches of international law in the three-week old conflict.
But Mrs Beckett said that Israel could not interpret the EU statement as a "green light" to continue its military actions in Lebanon.
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LoL!
LOL!
Dividends.
This is all Bush's fault! This would never of happened if Al Gore or John Kerry were President!
heh heh!
Sure this isn't scrappleface or something? I'm going to have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
Sounds like the German's and Brits are realists. this is good news. France on the other hand is becoming like russia and china. A destabilizing force thats works against democracy and liberty.I know they are many good frenhcmen but I dont not trust the French government at all.
Brilliant!
You'd think he goosed her from that pic. ;o)
Just wait til she's invited to Crawford in the middle of August. She'll never forgive him. ;o)
Maybe that was the double barreled version of that slick move that Spock would pull on people.
Nope. None of this would happen with Kerry as president. We'd all be studying the koran by now.
"immediate cease-fire" or "immediate end to hositilities" - the only thing that happened is that once again the EU has shown how irrelevant it is.
World politics is not decided by "lagaleze" but hard facts. Hopefully the US and Israel are creating those in the Middle East as we speak.
LOL. Pat Buchanan is saddened.
"lagaleze" = "legaleze"
I haven't trusted the French gov't since the French Reolution.
Hmmmm.. And here the liberals have been crying that we 'have no allies' in Europe.
Oh,, I get it. 'No allies' means the FRENCH!
He needs practice then, Spock always knocked em cold within seconds. ;o)
The French just want to cut and run, cut and run, cut and run.
I think we are. Israel seems pretty confident right now. And the moonbat in Iran has his panties in a smelly knot.
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