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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:09 PM
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Was Dick Working on the "End Run" on That Mideast Tour Last Week? ---pix--->>>
Edited on Thu May-24-07 08:25 PM by Stephanie

So Dick wants to do an "end run" around Dumbass and bomb Iran. He's got his "aide" running around to the RW "think" tanks beating the war drum. Which makes me wonder WHAT Dick was up to on that bizarre Mideast tour he did last week. A guy with deep vein thrombosis doesn't need to be flying around the world in an airstream trailer inside a cargo jet for nothing. What did he say to these guys? What deals did he cut?

:scared:




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Report: Cheney aide clearing path to bomb Iran

Vice President Dick Cheney believes the US should not be pursuing a diplomatic path with Iran, and a senior aide to the vice president has been meeting with national security think tanks and consultants in Washington to "help establish the policy and political pathway to bombing Iran," Steve Clemons reported Thursday on his blog, The Washington Note.

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The Cheney aide, who has met with policy hands of the American Enterprise Institute along with other groups, "has stated to several Washington insiders that Cheney is planning to deploy an 'end run strategy' around the President if he and his team lose the policy argument," according to Clemons.







US Vice President Dick Cheney, seen here 11 May 2007 (C), is heading to Saudi Arabia to seek its aid in Iraq,
two months after close US ally King Abdullah slammed the "illegitimate foreign occupation" of that war-torn land.
AFP/File/Olivier Knox)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070512/photos_wl_me_afp/ec6684ea45fcbcaa2b33a8ddf6153cd0



Sat May 12 - US Vice President Dick Cheney (R) meets with Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan
at the al-Bateen Palace in Abu Dhabi.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070512/photos_wl_me_afp/1301e87c8f195c60ccce8e6e56b2db30



Sat May 12- This handout picture by the Emirates News Agency WAM shows
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan(R) meeting with
US Vice President Dick Cheney in Abu Dhabi. Cheney is on a Middle East tour to
seek more help from US allies to quell violence in Iraq and limit Iran's influence
in the region.(AFP/WAM-HO)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070511/photos_wl_me_afp/8b1e7555a9e3c2fdfdec09690f4a8121



Sat May 12 - A picture released by the Saudi Press Agency shows US Vice President Dick Cheney(L) in talks with
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz during their meeting in the northern Saudi Arabian town of Tabuk.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/photos_ts_wl_afp/ac5ded259bf0e65c180e8a0a960599be



Vice President Dick Cheney is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Francis Ricciardone as he arrives at
Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/481/e1689b452ad84ec1ac1561e12f90fc7e



Vice President Dick Cheney talks to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo May 13, 2007.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/photos_pl/2007_05_14t161328_450x306_us_iraq_cheney



Vice President Dick Cheney meets with Egyptian Defense Minister Said Tantawi at Al-Ittihadia Palace
Sunday, May 13, 2007, in Cairo

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/481/ae97c4f61d2d4ef5aa4b4f7845b2caab



Mon May 14 - US Vice President Dick Cheney (L) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/photos_pl_afp/6e8da95be2b097c8a75249c5052c8720



U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 2nd left, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah, 2nd right, in Aqaba,
Jordan Monday May 14, 2007. Left to right on the American side are U.S. Ambassador to Jordan David Hale,
Cheney, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, and National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah. On the
Jordanian side, right to left, are international relations director Jaafar Hassan, intelligence chief
Mohammad Dhahabi, King Abdullah, and communications director Amjad Adaileh. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/481/jorgh10405140802



Vice President Dick Cheney boards Air Force Two as he departs King Hussein International Airport in Aquba,
Jordan Sunday May 13, 2007. He was heading for Egypt to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/481/513e9565003648a0b4efe9123ec46fc8



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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:12 PM
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1. Maybe he wanted 'all systems a go' before the IAEA report surfaced?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:13 PM
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2. He's a one-trick pony.
Why can't he just go away?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:37 PM
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3. Dick scares the hell out of me.
His early life was an even bigger failure than Junior's. He went to Yale on scholarship and flunked out twice. Too cowardly to even join the National Guard during Vietnam, he hid behind the Loathesome Lynne. I think he has a chip on his shoulder, I think he is emotionally unhinged due to his heart disease and medications, and I think there is no more dangerous man on the planet. And when he suddenly takes a tour of Mideast while our ships are circling the region and his aide is chatting up the AEI, I get a bad feeling.
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 11:50 PM
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9. Dick scares me as well. I don't think I've ever been as nervous about
a person in a power position as him. I see him as the true face of evil.
I think he was unhinged before the heart stuff. I think he was always this way.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:39 PM
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4. Dick is up to no good 24/7...
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 08:52 PM
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5. But he's on a mission now.
These stories about the "end run" are really alarming. I never thought I would ever side with Bush on anything, but if he is following Condi's advice on diplomacy with Iran while Dick is plotting another cassus belli, I'm terrified.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 06:46 AM
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11. I would put nothing past Dick Cheney.
I think the man is the heart and soul of the PNAC.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 06:52 AM
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12. Ditto
Somewhere usually blows up when he travels. Lebanon is on fire again for starters. When I think evil I pick Cheney over all the planet's myriad evil humans.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 09:02 AM
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13. Cheney and Rummy are still out to push the PNAC plan to the
Edited on Fri May-25-07 09:03 AM by Hubert Flottz
bitter end!

Bush is starting to come unglued because he is what the country is zooming in on and he's taking the heat. Nobody believes a word Bush says now but the total idiots. Bush hates being hated...Cheney don't care about that...he just wants more POWER and MONEY. Cheney is another HITLER!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 12:28 PM
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14. I refuse to separate them
They're all evil.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-25-07 04:26 PM
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15. Dick needs to go fishing.
For good.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 10:32 PM
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6. Hello.
I know it's a big news day. but I thinkt the biggest news is Dick's plan for an "end run" around diplomacy with Iran. What's more important than than?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 11:38 PM
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7. Accountability.
Can DICK do whatever he likes? Or might he have to occasionally inform us?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 11:44 PM
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8. um...
:yoiks:



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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-24-07 11:51 PM
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10. I wish that was funny.
It's too true to laugh at. :hi:
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