In the course of maneuvering to delay the UN ceasefire, Bush and Rice continually reiterated the need for a Security Council resolution that deals forcefully with “the roots of the problem.” Of course, for them and for Israel, this was Hezbollah and the need to eradicate or at a minimum disarm it and force its fighters to a safe distance from settlements and towns in northern Israel.
在为推迟联合国停火协议四处游说的同时，布什和赖斯翻来覆去地强调必须通过一项安理会决议，用武力来应对“问题的根源”。勿庸置疑，对美国和以色列来讲，这个根源就是黎巴嫩真主党，必须将其彻底消灭，至少也要解除武装，迫使真主党的战士远离以色列北部的城镇和犹太定居点。