[lbo-talk] AP: US deploying, uh, "humanitarian aid" into Lebanon

[B.]

[Good God, this is cynical as fuck. AP is really doing
some great, critical journalism here! -B.]

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Bush orders humanitarian aid to Lebanon

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 24, 2:23 PM ET

President Bush has ordered helicopters and ships to
Lebanon to provide humanitarian aid, but he still
opposes an immediate cease-fire that could give relief
from a 13-day-old Israeli bombing campaign.

[...]

"Look, we would like a cease-fire tomorrow," he said.
"We would like a cease-fire immediately. But it has to
be a cease-fire that is going to stand the test of
time so the people in that region and people in
Lebanon particular, a country that has been hard hit
by occupying forces and by frustrations of its
democratic aspirations, deserve a shot at having the
freedom and democracy its people deserve. And the only
way that's going to be possible is if there is no
longer an internal threat of the sort that we've
witnessed in recent weeks."

[...]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast