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Title: Cheney throws down the gauntlet
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Published: May 12, 2007
Author: Gulf News
Post Date: 2007-05-12 17:31:59 by tom007
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Cheney throws down the gauntlet Gulf News From the safety of a US aircraft carrier somewhere in the Arabian Gulf, Vice-President Dick Cheney increased the anti-Iran rhetoric. Vowing the US - and its allies - would not allow Tehran to restrict sea traffic in the Gulf, nor develop nuclear arms; his comments were a deliberate provocation, both in timing and location, to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It is more than likely Ahmadinejad will respond, initially by equally strident rhetoric, but ultimately is anyone's guess. And it is that unpredictability that makes so many nervous. Cheney has been on a short visit to Middle East countries the US sees as allies. So making such a strident statement immediately after his visit will, by inference, mean he is including those Arab Gulf states when he claims the US "and its allies" will move against anything untoward from Iran. Such careless talk by the vice-president is not only unwelcome but is likely to have created an all-inclusiveness that is not welcome to the Arab states. It is also quite probable that action against Iran was not mentioned at all during his meetings. This then creates an embarrassment to the Gulf countries Cheney visited. If the Arab Gulf states were to deny that they would join with the US against Iran to keep sea traffic open and stop nuclear development, then it would imply they were supporting Iran and its ideologies in these areas. But equally, to confirm that they are partners in the US endeavour will only exacerbate what is already a tenuous situation in the region and may invite some form of retaliation from Iran. It is obvious that Cheney, in common with many in the Bush administration, pays little heed to the nuances of Middle East politics. It would have been better if he had kept quiet.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Cheney is the biggest mattoidal freak to come down the pike in ages. And we've seen more than our share of them occupying high office in this country.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Putin In ‘Rage’ Over US-Iran Alliance Orders New Cold War Spy Flights Either the story above is wrong or this one is. Or, a third choice, Cheney hasn't been told of the new alliance. Since he appears to be running things, I'd say Sorcha is probably the one who is wrong here. Or, a fourth choice, Cheney is well aware that Iran is now an ally, but is keeping up the "enemy" rhetoric to try to fool Putin or something. Who the hell knows? What is clear from all accounts is that Cheney hates Putin with a purple passion and is very upset that Russia is doing so well and that Putin has arrested or deported most of the dual-loyalists who had bought up the Russian oil industry at pennies on the dollar during the Yeltsin era.
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. - Sam Houston
Putin is correct. Fascism has the ability to morph and adapt to its host nation. The fact that the Bush Crime Family is the heir apparent to fascism (not to mention the ZioNazis and their version) is all too telling as their adherents are known as Next Generation Nazis.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
interesting. i didn't know that. incidentally, the author of the article says "such careless talk" by cheney. i don't believe it's careless. i believe cheney's talk is calculated.
It would have been better if he had fallen overboard and been immediately bitten in half by Son of Jaws following the ship's garbage trail. He would have fit right in. "Man overboard! No wait...Two men overboard!..No...three..no five...hey there's a whole bunch of men...er ah...pieces overboard!"
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#4. To: Sam Houston, SKYDRIFTER (#3)
“We do not have the right to forget the causes of any war, which must be sought in the mistakes and errors of peacetime. Moreover, in our time, these threats are not diminishing. They are only transforming, changing their appearance. In these new threats, as during the time of the Third Reich, are the same contempt for human life and the same claims of exceptionality and diktat in the world.”
#5. To: Sam Houston (#3)
What is clear from all accounts is that Cheney hates Putin with a purple passion and is very upset that Russia is doing so well and that Putin has arrested or deported most of the dual-loyalists who had bought up the Russian oil industry at pennies on the dollar during the Yeltsin era.
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It would have been better if he had kept quiet.
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