US offers to help Lebanese army

Bush offers help for Lebanon army

The US is prepared to help strengthen Lebanon's army so it can disarm Hezbollah, US President George W Bush said in an interview with the BBC.

He said the Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement had acted against its own people and was destabilising Lebanon.

Where was US aid, or even diplomatic arm-twisting, when Israeli bombs were landing on Lebanese cities and civilian structures?