The more that Bolton get’s done at the UN, the more his critics look silly in their opposition.

“UNITED NATIONS ‚Äî The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked, officials said.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and French President Jacques Chirac’s office confirmed that agreement had been reached.

The full 15-nation Security Council was expected to meet later Saturday to discuss the resolution, and it was likely to be adopted in the next couple of days, Bolton said.

An official with knowledge of the document said the draft calls for a “full cessation of violence” between Israel and Hezbollah, but would allow Israel the right to launch strikes if Hezbollah attacks it.

“It does not say immediate cessation of violence,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the draft had not yet been made public.

That appeared to be a major victory for the U.S. and Israel. France and many other nations had demanded an immediate halt to the fighting without conditions as a way to push the region back toward stability.

The French presidential palace in Paris said a deal was reached on a resolution that seeks a total halt to hostilities and would work toward a permanent cease-fire and a long-term solution.

Bolton said the resolution would be the first of two. He said this one deals with the immediate issue of the fighting. The second would likely spell out a larger political framework for peace between Israel and Hezbollah.

“We’re prepared to continue to work tomorrow in order to make progress on the adoption of the resolution but we have reached agreement and we’re now ready to proceed,” Bolton said. “We’re prepared to move as quickly as other members of the council want to move.”

Note the key points. This will not be a “immediate ceasefire”. Israel will continue to hammer Hezbollah into a non-entity, and retains the right to hammer them if they decide they haven’t had enough (not ever likely). Actually, I see this agreement as a kind of “See? Told you!” move by Bolton, that will force the UN to see facts as they are.

Hezbollah isn’t going to stop killing Israelis until they (in their mind) kill the last one. You don’t deal with cockroaches, you kill them. But as you know you can’t just spray around the counters - you have to go into the wall.

Therefore, in a way I see this agreement being “set up” for failure, and it will only be a matter of time before Hezbollah breaks the agreement (they always have) and therefore having no other choice, Israel will proceed with their elimination.

Moreover, we can now see that Democrats who have opposed Bolton don’t have the best interest of the United States in mind, but just to take any opportunity they can to “stick it to Bush”. Just shows how WRONG they are for our National Security.