The Israeli prime minister said on Monday that he demanded to talk to Bush last Thursday, minutes before a vote in the UN Security Council on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
"When we saw that Rice, for reasons we did not really understand, wanted to vote in favour of the resolution ... I looked for President Bush," Olmert said.
Bush, who Olmert said was taken off a stage in Philadelphia where he was making a speech, said he was not informed on the resolution and was "not familiar with the phrasing".
"I'm familiar with it. You can't vote in favour." Olmert claimed telling the US president.
"He [Bush] gave an order to the secretary of state and she did not vote in favour of it, a resolution she cooked up, phrased, organised and manoeuvred for," Olmert said.
Bush was in Philadelphia on Thursday morning and gave a 27-minute speech on education policy that ended about 10 hours before the UN vote and there was no interruption of the public event.
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joedirtCondi has denied everything, but she also did abstain from voting on the resolution she authored.
But, what does it mean when Olmert can lie like this and the US just says well Israel can say what they want, but it isn't what happened. This is another black eye for the US if they do not correct the record.
Farhad2000Damn dawg, America is like Israel's bitch.
The timing of the Gaza Operations was probably negotiated at length between both governments to allow for large leeway for the US government's lack of political stance.
nickreal03says...Yea America is Israel's bitch for two reasons:
1. American does everything Israel wants
2. America gives the money to Israel after fucking the rest of us
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