Cheney hints at disapproval with administration’s decision on North Korea.
Cheney hints at disapproval with administration’s decision on North Korea.
During a recent off-the-record session with foreign policy experts, Dick Cheney was asked by Steve Clemons of The New America Foundation what he thought of the upcoming decision by the administration to “de-list North Korea from the terrorism blacklist.” The New York Times’ Helene Cooper reports:
Mr. Cheney froze, according to four participants at the Old Executive Office Building meeting. … [H]e stared, unsmilingly, at his questioner. … Finally, he spoke:
“I’m not going to be the one to announce this decision,” the other participants recalled Mr. Cheney saying, pointing at himself. “You need to address your interest in this to the State Department.” He then declared that he was done taking questions, and left the room.
The Times characterizes the Bush administration’s North Korea decision as the State Department’s win in a “major battle against the Cheney camp.”
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So funny. But it’s okay if you disagree with the President when you’re not really a vice President, just merely a barnacle on the Senate.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:55 amIsn’t it a bit late in the game for this administration to stage such an elaborate display of “Bush does NOT have Cheney’s hand up his ass”? (although I have to admit Cheney plays his part well)
I mean, it really doesn’t matter anymore. We the people heartily disapprove of this administration no matter who is calling the shots.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:56 amAmerican citizens to Dick:, “So?”
June 27th, 2008 at 9:56 amSo Bushie made a decision without Cheney’s blessing?
Interesting…
June 27th, 2008 at 9:56 am“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’- George W. Bush
June 27th, 2008 at 10:02 amKind of makes you wonder what The Dick had in mind as an alternative strategy. Hard to argue the old policy worked since North Korea developed its first nuke when chimpy broke off talks. North Korea borders and is allied with China which would not take kindly to air strikes or invasion. Sanctions are of limited value as the government doesn’t care if its people starve and China wouldn’t enforce anyway. Perhaps The Dick is just upset that he missed an opportunity to start World War III.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:04 amCheney’s just upset because he might have to scratch North Korea off of his “To Bomb” list.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:05 amI can understand why Darth Cheney is upset with the improvement of relations with North Korea. He worked very hard to dismantle the agreement that Clinton had crafted with North Korea and to shut down all diplomatic efforts in order to bring us to the brink of confrontation with them. He’s very disappointed that things appear to be turning around.
Sowing international tension and conjuring up illegal dirty little wars is hard, hard work after all. And the State Department sure isn’t helping Darth these days.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:07 amCheney is just mad because, despite his herculean efforts, he may not be able to bring about Armageddon before Jan. 21, 2009.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:09 ampaleolib Says: Perhaps The Dick is just upset that he missed an opportunity to start World War III.
Unfortunately, he still has Iran.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:09 amOf course you wouldn’t be the one to announce this, you turd.
You are ‘attached’ to the legislative branch, remember? This was a presidential decision, and you are not a part of the executive branch. (Or, is it the other way around this week?)
Dick, you make us ‘Mericans sooooo proud…
June 27th, 2008 at 10:10 amtom Says:
Sowing international tension and conjuring up illegal dirty little wars is hard, hard work after all. And the State Department sure isn’t helping Darth these days.
Neither are the DIA, CIA or the NSA.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:12 amIn reich-wing world, building nuclear technology is equivalent to terrorism. No wonder reich-wingers are a laughing stock around the world.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:13 amNo one was keeping an eye on the boy again.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:15 amCheney is the Most Evil Person Alive as voted by People Magazine this week…
June 27th, 2008 at 10:19 amThe line it is drawn
June 27th, 2008 at 10:24 amThe curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin’.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’
rogerse Says:
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Is he right..
Trollish question not worth a reply.
Ignore-amous
June 27th, 2008 at 10:48 amdon’t get too comfortable thinking president cheney is finished. i’ve read that the north korea agreement was made possible by a trade-off to allow the cheney/neocon cabal to doubledown on the tough guy talk re iran.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:50 am#19 - Link please.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:08 amPoor Cheney, he’s afraid he is losing his control over the Chimp. I view this as Bush’s last attempt at creating some kind of a positive legacy for his Presidency. He can point at N. Korea and say, “see, I fixed it”. It’s to little and too late, but it’s all he has at this point.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:11 amYou know, when nature takes its toll on this evil S.O.B and an autopsy is finally done we are going to find that either his heart medication or SYPHILIS has caused huge swiss cheese like holes in his brain.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:11 amSomehow I still get the sense that this is kinda like a WWE show, with bad guys and good guys, and the bad guy loves to piss off the crowd so the good guy looks better.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:18 amThat said, Cheney is a snarling fu(k.
North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080627/ ap_on_re_as/ koreas_nuclear
It’s wonderful how dipolomacy works, isn’t? Without a single shot.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:28 amIf Cheny hates it then I love it.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:31 amGo to Hell, Cheney. Do not pass Go. Do Not Collect the Billions and Billions you’ve stolen from the American People.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:34 amI just love these issues that get the conservatives fighting among themselves - I love them for the meltdown that inevitably follows.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:35 amYah. Go to Hell, and take that rotten PNACian Sneer with you.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:52 amCheney, Addington and the rest of that gang seem to be mentally unbalanced which could be one of the reasons they prefer to operate in secret and avoid answering questions in public.
That’s a very good reason for keeping impeachment on the table.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:14 pmThese people are dangerous.
Anything that does not include dead people makes Cheney furious.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pmAnything that does not include dead people makes Cheney furious.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pmBush is an appeaser, according to his speech in the Israeli Knesset last month.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pmBush doesn’t need Cheney’s approval. Cheney is only “attached” like a barnacle to the legislative branch, at least that’s how Addington explains Cheney’s role. All the boy Bush needs to do is hand Cheney a pink slip, make Cheney’s role as attachment redundant and send Cheney home. And stop paying for Cheney’s benefits.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmQuick, call the dog catcher. Bushie-boy is off his leash.
June 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmDick’s just feeling grumpy because all he has to look forward to in retirement is shooting penned-up game birds and strangling rabbits with his bare hands.
June 27th, 2008 at 5:55 pmI’m 100% in favor of attacking North Korea as long as it involves Dick Cheney being shoved across the DMZ with a rifle in his hands. Go get ‘em, Dick!
June 27th, 2008 at 5:58 pmOr like Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove, riding the big bomb down to the target.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:24 pmYeehah!