Bush Sends Aid To Lebanon

Reports Fox News:

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.

A "cease-fire" may "give relief from a 13-day-old Israeli bombing campaign," but continued fighting may give Israel relief from decades-old terrorist attacks.

I would like the world community to notice how the US can blow the crap out of an evil dictator, and then pay to rebuild his nation, or, in this case, provide weapons to Israel to fight terrorists, and also provide aid to those civilians who are supposedly being hurt by Israel's campaign of defense. And we're the evil "war-mongers" that have the "World community on edge?"

The story continues:

Announcing the assistance program, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Monday there was no reason to believe an immediate cease-fire would stop violence in the Mideast and said instead the world should confront the destabilizing force of Hezbollah and its practice of using the Lebanese people as "human shields."

Once again, Tony Snow tells it how it is, instead of sugar-coating it or pandering.

Also, the media seems to enjoy giving so much attention to "Americans trapped in Beirut;" have they talked to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lately, who apparently didn't realize that she was traveling to a war-torn hell-hole?

Snow said that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the assistance with officials during a surprise visit to Beirut Monday and would talk about further about the U.S. commitment later in the day as she continued on to Israel. Snow did not give any more details about what the United States would send, other than to describe it as "a significant U.S. commitment."