Cheney defends Iraq war, attacks critics ("generally enjoyed warm welcome")

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/asia_cheney_23;_ylt=AmL7dSyH8U68oGc43jpphxWpg9IF


Cheney defends Iraq war, attacks critics

By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

SYDNEY, Australia -...........


His visit was meant to thank Australia and Japan for their support in Iraq. But a series of public appearances and media interviews, Cheney's tone was typically feisty.

Answering growing criticism in the U.S. and Australia, he defended the Iraq war as a "remarkable achievement" in one speech, and dismissed suggestions his influence in Washington is waning.

At a news conference Saturday, Cheney warned that "all options" are on the table if Iran continues to defy U.N.-led efforts to end Tehran's nuclear ambitions, leaving the door open to military action.

Cheney's support for the Iraq war — he is considered one of the key proponents of the 2003 invasion — drew protesters into Sydney's streets for two days.

But the crowds were small and the clashes brief, and Cheney enjoyed a generally warm welcome, including lunch at Australian Prime Minister John Howard's harborside mansion and a cruise past the Sydney Opera House.

[sakabatou]

1. He's really out of it

Unless by "achivement" he means chaos, than he's n evil, evil SOB.

[deacon]

14. We went from Baghdad Bob to Baghdad Dick n/t

[Mz Pip]

2. Warm welcome!

By the 5 people who agree with him. I doubt anyone else was let near him.

The Iraq War is a "remarkable achievemnt." Remarkable in that for someone who claims to be so damn smart, Cheney could be so wrong on so many levels. Remarakable indeed.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Hand]

4. Five people?

Lemme see, there's Howard, and then there's... um... anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :rofl:

[Mz Pip]

5. I guess that was a stretch...

Maybe Howard found a couple of friends... But then he probably doesn't have any friends.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[xchrom]

3. cheney = bloated tapeworm.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Warm welcome? - sure, he was wearing two parkas and long underwear

and the temperature in Sydney was 84 degrees.

[rodeodance]

10. did he forget his boots??

[kenny blankenship]

7. You're getting warmer, Dick

[brentspeak]

8. Oh, yeah, a real "remarkable achievement", alright

Halliburton and Cheney's other crony buddies achieved a remarkable amount of billions of dolloars from the whole sordid, criminal mess that's the Iraq War.

[brentspeak]

9. It makes sense that the closer Cheney gets to Hell the "warmer" it would feel

[yellowcanine]

15. I don't believe there is a Hell in the Fundy sense, but if so, Chaney would certainly be a

candidate for an inner circle of it.

[gratefultobelib]

11. Remarkable achievement? He really said that?? Unbelievable. What an ass.

[RedSock]

12. well, he's right in one sense

it was a remarkable achievement that they were able to lie their way into a war, with the media agreeing to go along for the rise,

it was a remarkable achievement that they weere able to funnel billions and billions and billions of dollars to themselves and their cronies with hardly a peep from the people whose money it was (Cheney must laugh his fucking ass off every night about that),

it is a remarkable achievement that the troops in Iraq STILL do not have appropriate body armor -- and there is not big fuss being made about that in the general public,

and it is a remarkable achievement that they remain free to walk the streets and are not sitting in dark solitary confinement awaiting a war crimes trial.

to date, cheney has done pretty well for himself.

[USA No. 1]

13. Hopefully we won't have to deal with the bald headed fart much longer...

If Conyers and Waxman do their jobs, this whole administration will be out on its right wing ass.