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Bush, Blair meet to oppose Lebanon ceasefire and back Israel’s war aims

by wsws (reposted)
President Bush summoned British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Washington Friday to perform his usual function of lending US foreign policy an international veneer. Amidst growing international outrage over Israel’s bloody assault on the Lebanese people, the two leaders stood by their intransigent defence of Israeli aggression.
Speaking at a White House press conference following their talks, they reiterated their opposition to a ceasefire and once again blamed Hezbollah for the war. The so-called “lasting peace” they advocated was one based on the disarming of the Islamist resistance movement, i.e., the basic demand of the Israeli regime.

To this end, Bush said US diplomatic efforts would concentrate on assembling a multinational military force and the passing of a United Nations Security Council resolution authorising its deployment to southern Lebanon.

Bush made a point of calling for a resolution under chapter seven of the UN charter, which deals with “threats to peace, breaches of the peace and acts of aggression.” The US sought to legitimise its war against Iraq under this chapter of the charter, although in the end it, together with Britain, went to war without such UN authorisation.

Once again, Bush depicted Hezbollah—a political and militia movement with mass support among Lebanon’s Shiite population—as a proxy of Syria and Iran. The resolution that the US and Britain intend to bring before the Security Council next Thursday will undoubtedly contain the necessary language to create the pretext for future military action against Damascus and Tehran.

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