 "The president is not going to make military decisions for Israel," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.Bush also told UK PM Tony Blair that "We’re not blaming Israel and we’re not blaming the Lebanese government" in a conversation that was intended to be private, but was picked up by the G8 television network.On 15 July President Bush called upon Syria to exert its influence over Hezbollah militants to get them to "lay down their arms".