Posted on 07/31/2006 1:25:51 PM PDT by jmc1969
A leading Republican senator urged US President George W. Bush to call for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"The sickening slaughter on both sides must end now. President Bush must call for an immediate ceasefire. This madness must stop," Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, said on the Senate floor.
The Bush administration has been under pressure from Arab and European states to press Israel into halting its offensive, but has received relatively limited pressure from US lawmakers -- especially those in his own party -- to do the same.
Hagel said the US link to Israel was a "special and historic one." "But, it need not and cannot be at the expense of our Arab and Muslim relationships," he said.
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What on earth is Hagel smokin'? What makes his opinion of any note at all except that he bashes Bush frequently for the media.
Nice can.
Thank you for your service to our country sir.
I too would crawl on broken glass before I would vote for that Jew hating POS Hagel.
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