Billmon notes flip in Israel-Lebanon ceasefire rhetoric

Billmon has been a wonderful recent discovery for me. Here's his latest on the proposes ceasefire (which doesn't seem to have much of a chance):

Two weeks ago Lebanon's Prime Minister was demanding an immediate cease fire while Shrub and company were insisting that only a "lasting cease fire," leading to a "permanent solution," would do.

Now it's the other way around:

Speaking to reporters today at his ranch in Crawford, Tex., where he is on vacation, Mr. Bush said, “Everyone wants the violence to stop.’’

“People understand that there needs to be a cessation of hostilities in order for us to address the root causes of the problem,’’ he said . .

Mr. Siniora said he opposed the cease-fire resolution in its current form, saying it would not effectively halt the violence. “It barely leads to a cease-fire,’’ he said, with tears in his eyes. “We want a permanent and full cease-fire.’’

Obviously, something has changed -- that something being the completely unexpected outcome of the war (unexpected by everyone but Hizbullah I mean.)

UPDATE: Sullivan notes the same phenomenon. The post he links to is less sympathetic to the non-Israeli parties, but the substance of the flip and the reasons for it seem to be the same.