Rice Signals Possible Lebanon Compromise
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed support Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon as the first phase in ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. It was the most concrete signal yet that the U.S. may be willing to compromise on the stalemate over how...

If the U.S. compromises AN INCH on the "stalemate" then we'll say it again: Goodbye Israel. This flummery from Rice is beginning to do more than bore me in it's inanity, and no matter how many different ways she tries to cover her ass, CEASEFIRE without VICTORY first and foremost is ludicrous. It is NOT a CEASEFIRE the President and Tony Blair have proposed, but an immediate cessation of hostility from the Hezzies, followed by kicking their flea ridden behinds out of Lebanon. Giving the enemy even a glimmer of hope that the U.S. would support anything resembling a time-out emboldens and strengthens them.

This is not something a sitting Secretary of state is supposed to do. She can look it up. Under Albright.