Why the U.S NOT Calling for a Full Ceasefire Is Strategic
(TSN): On Feb 20 at a United Nations gathering U S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield was the lone vote against a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine war in international community. As someone who is gravely aware of the atrocities of the war, she offered a clear explanation as to why the Y.S. is not prepared to call for the end of the war. The reason is that the hostage negotiation would be at stake even moreso. As VIce Pres. Haras reiterated on Sunday on Selma the US will support a temporary ceasefire. In reading between the lines you will see in Greenfield's response that the risk would be losing the communication that is currentlly happening. She said, "We cannot support a resolution that would put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy, we look forward to engaging on a text that we believe will address so many of the concerns we all share: A text that can and should be adopted by the Council, so that we can have a temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable, based on th...