"It is all defensive" attitude and the UN resolution

Why would the Lebanese government be so demanding while they are the one who have the least power and for whom the war is proved to be most costly so far ? Some people ask.


A BBC interview with Israel's ambassador to the UN and some other Israeli talking points are legitimizing the suspicions of the Lebanese government. She (the interviewer from BBC) asked him, whether the bombing of the South, of Beirut, the incursion and all the other Israeli military operations in Lebanon, whether all these were seen as "offensive" or "defensive" , and he answered DEFENSIVE . Only offensive operations are forbidden in the UN resolution draft. Although what I heard from other ambassadors to the UN would suggest that when they mean offensive they do mean offensive and therefore include the Israeli activity in Lebanon (and for whom therefore stopped offensives mean ceasefire on both sides), when Israel would have its own interpretations and keep the violence who will come to our rescue ? The Lebanese Government can't be blamed for having learned its lesson.



source for BBC interview : Newshour 2000 GMT (1 hr)
Broadcast on World Service - Wed 09 Aug - 13:00