On March 6 AFP reported on U.S. reactions to the British announcement that it would talk to Hizbullah:

The United States said Friday it "is not ready" to follow its ally Britain in opening low-level contact with the political wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah, called a terrorist group by Washington.

Gordon Duguid, a State Department spokesman, told reporters that President Barack Obama's administration, which has promised to reach out to US foes, had been consulted by Britain before the announcement Friday.

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However, the United States seemed interested in the results of the British contacts with Hezbollah when Duguid said "we will watch how that proceeds."

Then yesterday we get this:

A senior US official said Thursday he was unhappy with a British decision to open low-level contact with Hezbollah and suggested London only indirectly informed the new administration ahead of time.
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The senior US government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to a group of journalists in Washington, clearly expressed discomfort with the British decision.

He said he would like the British to explain to him "the difference between the political, military and social wings of Hezbollah because we don?t see a difference between the integrated leadership that they see."

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The US government official, when asked if London consulted Washington ahead of time, replied: "I would say informed under a previous administration is a more accurate description."

This is of course a lie as the State Department spokesperson specifically confirmed British consultation with the Obama administration. 

The official also objected to the glorification in the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut of Imad Mugnieh, a Hezbollah commander who was killed in a car bombing in February 2008 that the movement blamed on Israel.

No normal State Department or U.S. government official would come up with such a stupid "objection." Hizbullah lost a important person to Israeli terrorists and is mourning him in South Beirut. Why object to that detail? Is that of any U.S. interest?

I bet a case of good German beer that the anonymous 'senior US government official' in this case was one Dennis Ross, Israel's embedded ambassador and watchmen over the U.S. State Department.

The Lobby is very active at implementing its agenda. The public Chas Freeman assassination was only one part. It is now aiming to get the U.S. to bomb Iran instead of doing it themselves:

I really doubt that Israel will bomb Iran in any big way – but I really do think they are trying to get us (US) to do it for them.

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[W]hat I see is a strong contingent of Israelophiles in the US with great (horrible?) bureaucratic infighting skills, pushing the US into conflict with Iran.

The name is Ross. Dennis Ross.