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Cheney's grim vision: decades of war
Vice president says Bush policy aimed at long-term world threat
Los Angeles -- In a forceful preview of the Bush administration's expansionist military policies in this election year, Vice President Dick Cheney Wednesday painted a grim picture of what he said was the growing threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack in the United States and warned that the battle, like the Cold War, could last generations.
The vice president's tone, in a major address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, was sobering, unlike many other comments recently by senior administration officials that have stressed successes in the war on terrorism.
Cheney mentioned only in passing the administration's domestic policies, while saying President Bush would present a blueprint of his domestic goals in next Tuesday's State of the Union speech.
Cheney devoted the half-hour speech to a frightening characterization of the war on terrorism and the new kind of mobilization he said it demanded. He sounded the alarm about the increasing prospects of a major new terrorist attack and the extraordinary responses that are required. While many of his remarks echoed past comments by the president and senior officials, Cheney struck a surprisingly dour note and suggested only an administration of proven ability could manage the dramatic overhaul necessary for the nation's security apparatus.
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Cheney's grim vision: decades of war
Vice president says Bush policy aimed at long-term world threat
Los Angeles -- In a forceful preview of the Bush administration's expansionist military policies in this election year, Vice President Dick Cheney Wednesday painted a grim picture of what he said was the growing threat of a catastrophic terrorist attack in the United States and warned that the battle, like the Cold War, could last generations.
The vice president's tone, in a major address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, was sobering, unlike many other comments recently by senior administration officials that have stressed successes in the war on terrorism.
Cheney mentioned only in passing the administration's domestic policies, while saying President Bush would present a blueprint of his domestic goals in next Tuesday's State of the Union speech.
Cheney devoted the half-hour speech to a frightening characterization of the war on terrorism and the new kind of mobilization he said it demanded. He sounded the alarm about the increasing prospects of a major new terrorist attack and the extraordinary responses that are required. While many of his remarks echoed past comments by the president and senior officials, Cheney struck a surprisingly dour note and suggested only an administration of proven ability could manage the dramatic overhaul necessary for the nation's security apparatus.
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Date: 2004-01-16 02:09 am (UTC)"So why is George W. not more worried? As it turns out, in typical style, administration officials have seized this very scenario as yet another justification of their radical foreign policy. Some neoconservatives suggest that since the decline of US economic supremacy is imminent, it is more important than ever to extend our military control around the globe while we still can, even if it accelerates our economic decline. "
joy.
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Date: 2004-01-16 06:02 am (UTC)it's not really surprising, it just makes explicit what has been implicit from the get-go.
realpolitik PNAC style: bringing the world to the brink one war at a time.
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Date: 2004-01-16 05:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-16 06:00 am (UTC)Learn more here, from his informative astrology chart!
http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/CheneyDick.htm