Cheney in Saudi Arabia.
By on Nov 25th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Cheney in Saudi Arabia.
Vice President Cheney is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Sultan upon his arrival in Riyadh today “in what is seen as a US diplomatic push to stem surging violence in Iraq.”
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In the land of one of the most oppresives regimes in the world against freedom of speech…Cheney must be feeling right at home.
November 25th, 2006 at 1:09 pmthey look like they are gonna go catch a late showing of “Ishtar” at the dollar movie drive in and make out in the back seat of the prince’s rolls royce. SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS!
November 25th, 2006 at 1:11 pmthey aren’t holding hands???
November 25th, 2006 at 1:17 pmHow is it possible that that much evil can be contained in one area?
November 25th, 2006 at 1:18 pmSauron’s homecoming.
-GSD
November 25th, 2006 at 1:19 pmCheney looks like ruffled old slob, as usual. I hope he didn’t bring his hunting rifle.
November 25th, 2006 at 1:28 pm“…seen as a US diplomatic push to stem surging violence in Iraq.â€
then why is he in saudi arabia?
and who’s that happy fella behind and in the middle?
November 25th, 2006 at 1:30 pm#4
That’s why they call him the Vice president. The Saudis only hold hands with faux presidents. They will take up the vices later.
November 25th, 2006 at 1:34 pm“in what is seen as a US diplomatic push to stem surging violence in Iraq.â€
Well we’ve already planted the roots, might as well add the stem as well…
November 25th, 2006 at 1:58 pmSmiles like that, in this context, cannot be good — for anyone.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:01 pmWho says our glorious administration is unilateral? Why, we’re constantly asking for help from the likes of the Chinese and the Saudis! Long live multilateralism! May these oppressive nations continually bail our bloated asses out!
November 25th, 2006 at 2:02 pmVice President Cheney probably told Saudi Crown Prince Sultan that his Sunni brethren in Iraq are about to be ethnically cleansed from Iraq by the Shiites fundamentalists who have been waiting for these days for a time.
Ooops!!!
November 25th, 2006 at 2:11 pmwhere’s the idiot’s burkha?
November 25th, 2006 at 2:17 pmHe looks like a jumpin’ jackass on that photo. What good can an evil, twisted old bag of crap do to help anyone? All he knows how to do well is shoot his friends in the face while having a tryst with a Swiss Miss.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:18 pmWouldn’t you love to actually investigate the Haliburton “money trail”…right to Cheney and each of his family member’s back doors, no doubt. He’s dispicable.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:19 pmBesides, if he is so loaded then he’d better get himself fitted for some new suits…what’s up with the button about to burst and his gut hanging out? Gross. Maybe he’s really “loaded”? How many DUI’s is it now?
November 25th, 2006 at 2:20 pmLook at Cheney’s big grin.
You can tell he’s gonna get some tail from that prince.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:22 pm#20, veritas: All he knows how to do well is shoot his friends in the face
Now, now, he has one other talent: Fat boy was especially apt at getting deferments from the Vietnam war.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:24 pmYou mean he’s NOT looking into why the 9-11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia?
SHOCKING.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:27 pmHe is happy, because he is among his element: oil. You better beleive that the oil companies are running the US. So, most of the hijackers were saudis, and the US capitulated to bin Laden’s demand and pulled out of Suadi Arabia. Our rulers are traitors — 2+2=5.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:35 pmIt is to ask the Saudis not to reduce their oil production..to keep the dollars from dropping down more against other currencies. To sell Treasury bonds and other papers to the Suadis[US debt notes]. Since Saudis get their money for oil in dollars,when the dollar goes down the oil prices go up,it is like a seesaw. The dollar is down now against the Euro. Also Cheney might be checking on with Saudis on how they can help out and their dgree of contribution should an attack on Iran becomes a reality.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:37 pmI’m with Zooey. Cheney almost NEVER smiles! NOW he’s smiling?
November 25th, 2006 at 2:38 pmLooks like Haliburton’s special envoy is right on the job! I can just hear the sucking sounds.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:39 pmLooks like Haliburtons’s special envoy is right on the job. I can hear the sucking sounds all the way here in Oregon. Hopefull the mustachioed anus will take him hunting and do him in.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:40 pmHow does a penguin survive in such a place?
November 25th, 2006 at 2:57 pmThat’s right the Iraqis are going to listen to the Saudis who advocated the US invasion Of Iraq.
November 25th, 2006 at 2:58 pmFreedom is on the march.Yeah right!
Cheney isn’t in Saudi Arabia to represent the interests of the United States. He’s there to serve himself and his cabal.
Don’t come back to the U.S. if you know what’s good for you, Dick.
November 25th, 2006 at 3:15 pmCheney’s there to pick out his retirement home once he is brought up on charges in the US and Europe. Maybe he can get a place next to Michael Jackson’s.
November 25th, 2006 at 3:37 pmDeals are being made to protect the House of Saud and our access to their oil fields when/if Iran and Syria take over in Iraq. Our troops may be pulled out of Iraq, only to be placed (back) in Saudi Arabia. As well as increased partial increased deployments in all of our bases that surround this area, including Afghanistan, and the other “-istans.” It’s ALL about oil, pipelines, ports and refineries throughout that entire section of the planet. That’s ALL its ever been about. And I believe, without a doubt, that the U.S. would abandon their “commitment” to Israel in a NY second, if it meant they’d be able to make a deal to secure the oil infrastructure in the Middle East.
November 25th, 2006 at 3:51 pm#36, impeachcheneythenbush: It’s ALL about oil, pipelines, ports and refineries throughout that entire section of the planet. That’s ALL its ever been about.
Interesting post, good stuff…
I think, though, as you may well agree, it has also very much been about acquiring new defense contracts.
The defense industries have been feeding from the trough like ravenous pigs in an unprecedented manner.
Strange how the defense industries whine about big government from one side of their mouth and then fervently suck on the teats of the US govt from the other?
November 25th, 2006 at 4:02 pm…there it is : the patented Cheney smirk…
November 25th, 2006 at 4:22 pm#37 – yes, Goodscarrier – I agree. But the defense contracts (and all other “war-profiteers’ operating through these wars) are frosting on the cake. I’m looking at the cause (rationale) for the wars…one of the effects has been the enormous profits made by all the ancillary groups. But I suppose the real reason for most wars boils down to greed..whether for money, power, land…whatever. Which pretty much covers all wars the U.S. has been involved in since WWII. This administration’s “Bush Policy,”…that is, the idea of preventative war, is only an extension of the concepts behind the Korean and Vietnam wars, with a sprinkling of transparently ridiculous moves like Grenada.
November 25th, 2006 at 4:40 pmBush and Cheney remind me of Lewis Carroll’s rendition of The Walrus and The Carpenter.
November 25th, 2006 at 5:29 pmDon’t look at Cheney’s smile.
November 25th, 2006 at 5:46 pmLook at his body language.
Cheney “Yer doin a heckuva job on the oil deal, Kingy
King Abduhhh “Shut up and smile at the camera”
November 25th, 2006 at 6:02 pmIt’s funny how Cheney never smiles when he is here in the USA.
November 25th, 2006 at 6:43 pmHe is sure to inflame or make a payment to “the saud” to ensure his inclusion to the OPEC governing council.
November 25th, 2006 at 7:38 pm“Full bore ahead dickhead”.
How does a penguin survive in such a place?
Comment by pnac — November 25, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
That’s funny :>)
November 25th, 2006 at 9:46 pmHow to do a good Cheney Impression: One thing that I’ve noticed that has been lacking from the political conversation is a really good Dick Cheney impression. So here is how to do one. Begin with imitating Bella Legosi as Dracula. Most people over seven years old have mastered this. Think “I vant to bite your neck.” Take it further though, the real point of Bella is that he was trying to talk his victim into doing something detrimental, while making it sound benificial. Such as: “Why be foolish, bring all of your money along.” or “No just sleep on my couch, I promise you will be safe.” Now say these phrases with the same intonation as “I vant to bight your neck”. Use the same menace hid beneath a faint veneer of benevolence. Now for the tricky part: attempt the same lines without any hint of accent. If your anything like me it winds up sounding like a super evil Orson Wells. If so your doing well! Now all you need to do is repeat the same lines with a crooked evil sneer on your face, while picturing Cheney in your mind. Now replace the pseudo-Belogosian lines with Cheney lines, such as : “The uprisingtis in tis last throes, if you wil.” and I can guarantee you will have a spot on Cheney impersonation.
November 26th, 2006 at 12:28 amThe Victory Lap.
Cheney goes to celebrate the trillions tripling the price of oil and running U.S. warplanes around the clock made the Oiligarchy.
Soon it will be time for the Global Warming, but what do we care?
Our experts predicted Global Warming fifty years ago, and those coastal areas are toast. Our new Biosphere in Paragua is in the middle of a continent for a reason. And the second largest river in the continent flows right by our backdoors.
Come to Paraguay, and live the good life during hard years indeed, while the suckers have to deal with the downside. Oh well! Somebody has to be the Winner, eh, Sheik?
November 26th, 2006 at 5:36 amfrom today’s cnn:
“Saudi Arabia is expected to take a lead role in the region.”
“Talks with Saudi Arabia — a predominantly Sunni Muslim nation — could be key in helping the U.S. rein in worsening sectarian violence in Iraq.”
But they don’t say how! Anybody? What could the Saudis do to help out in Iraq?
November 26th, 2006 at 9:47 amFirst of all I don’t believe anything the corporate media sycophants say, all they do is just regurgitate what the whitehouse tells them to say.
November 26th, 2006 at 6:29 pmBut what makes sense to me is that, since there is talk about an attack on Iran, after the new year, cheney could be talking about an oil shortage when Iran cuts off supplies, if attacked.
Well, then the King has to bail out the bush crime family again, by PUMPING MORE OIL.
A picture says a 1000 words
November 27th, 2006 at 4:47 amI was WONDERING why Cheney went over there. Now we hear he was “summoned” by the Saudis so they could tell him they’ll be funding the Sunnis in the civil war. No wonder he didn’t say anything when he came back!
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:18 amCheney Is a vampire…so he sucks on various levels. I would say that a stake thru the heart might work, but he does not have a heart! In fact he does have a pacemaker, so possibly a cattle prod. Anyway, we need to liberate ourselves from Arab oil and leave them all in the sand or dust or whatever. Count Cheney has enough money to escape to another galaxy when the time comes. He will probably never pay for his sins or crimes unless somebody locates his well hidden coffin and exposes his pasty white ass to the light of day.
December 14th, 2006 at 7:41 pm