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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Earth Angel" |
| Date: |
19 May 2007 10:23:02 PM |
| Object: |
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ? FOR IRAN |
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Thus Spake Earth's Angel:
With its usual tin ear for public relations, the Bush administration
provided another Kodak moment of incompetent belligerence by yet again
sending a high-level administration official to use an aircraft carrier
as a prop for a hawkish rant.
Vice President ***** Cheney did manage to refrain from displaying another
"Mission Accomplished" banner during his address to the crew of the USS
John C. Stennis, stationed 150 miles off Iran's coast. But as Cheney
warned Iran against disrupting oil transportation routes or getting nuclear
weapons, the speech's imagery also reminded the American public of President
Bush's previous fiasco on another aircraft carrier.
Yet Cheney's speech may have more adverse implications for U.S. security
than Bush's earlier public-relations disaster.
In his address, Cheney rattled the saber against Iran by declaring,
"With two carrier strike groups in the [Persian] Gulf, we're sending
clear messages to friends and adversaries alike. We'll keep the sea-
lanes open. We'll stand with our friends in opposing extremism and
strategic threats."
"We'll disrupt attacks on our own forces. We'll continue bringing relief
to those who suffer, and delivering justice to the enemies of freedom."
"And we'll stand with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons
and dominating this region." (Before the U.S. can!) ? :-D
---> http://antiwar.com/eland/?articleid=10967
Earth Angel 8-)
(I am Life & Death)
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