Mar 7 2006 -- Cheney at AIPAC policy conference, claims A.Q. Khan's proliferation network shut down

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060307-1.html

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Consider for a moment where we were five years ago, when President Bush and I took office. The secret planning for the attacks of 9/11 was already well underway. Hijackers had been recruited; funds raised; training had taken place. Some of the hijackers were already in the United States. In Afghanistan, the Taliban were in power. Al Qaeda was operating training camps that in the late '90s turned out thousands of terrorists. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was in power, overseeing, along with his two malevolent sons, one of the bloodiest regimes of the 20th century.

Five years ago, there was a serious problem with proliferation, especially in the nuclear area. A. Q. Khan, the man who helped put Pakistan's nuclear program in place, had established a network that was providing nuclear weapons technology to rogue states including North Korea and Iran. And Moammar Ghadafi of Libya, one of the A.Q. Khan network's biggest customers, was spending millions to acquire nuclear weapons.

Today the picture is very different. The Taliban regime is now history, and 25 million Afghans are free. (Applause.) We have captured or killed hundreds of al Qaeda; put its leaders on the run; and closed the camps that had trained the killers. (Applause.) Saddam Hussein wakes up every day in a jail cell, his sons are dead -- (applause) -- and Iraqis by the millions have embraced democracy. (Applause.) Iraq's leaders reflect the decency of the Iraqi people, and no dictator is taking their money and giving it to the families of suicide bombers. (Applause.)

Only days after Saddam was captured, the leader of Libya announced he would turn over all of his weapons of mass destruction materials. (Applause.) A short time later, Libya's uranium and centrifuges were sent to a U.S. facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Applause.) And the A.Q. Khan proliferation network has been shut down. (Applause.)
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Which makes me wonder how much money Dr. Khan made today and whether Cheney gets a piece of the action.

"had established a network that was providing nuclear weapons technology to rogue states including North Korea "

Still are as far as I know...another mission accomplished?

"The Taliban regime is now history,"

That's a real good one - tell that to the soldiers over there who are fighting twice as hard with half as much.

"and Iraqis by the millions have embraced democracy. (Applause.) Iraq's leaders reflect the decency of the Iraqi people, and no dictator is taking their money"

Geez, where do I start with this one - yep, the Iraqi's are throwing flowers at our guys - disguised as ied's maybe?

"no dictator taking their money" - Bet W is disappointed to hear that Dickie demoted him.

Damn I wish I knew what they all were smoking...are these people REALLY THAT far removed from reality?

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