What is Cheney up to ???

[spanone]

Couldn't Cheney call the Saudi King on his batphone? What's the dick up to?

~~snip~~Vice President Dick Cheney is also headed for the region. He is to meet on Saturday in Saudi Arabia with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss developments in the Middle East, then return to Washington with no other stops planned.~~snip~~



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Mideast.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[bahrbearian]

1. The Saudis are turning on their Friends

[cassiepriam]

2. They are all going over in the next week or so. Condi, Bush, Cheney.

Trying to make it look like they are doing something
useful?

Or is there a big change in the wind?

[bahrbearian]

3. They plan on controlling the Oil feilds..

Cheney is inviting them to go Quail hunting in Crawford?

[Boo Boo]

4. It's a bad sign. Dick don't do diplomacy. /nt

[spanone]

6. That's what's scary. Cheney doesn't go international for fun. Must be BIG bucks.

[Art_from_Ark]

22. None of them do. n/t

[angry_chuck]

5. GHWB met with Abdullah before

9.11 too, in Houston. there are no coincidences.

[Disturbed]

8. Face to face deal.

The phone isn't secure enough.

[Henny Penny]

15. Damn right! The Rooskies might get it on tape...

and stick it on youtube!

[Poiuyt]

7. The Iraqis were saying that Cheney landed in Baghdad this morning

but the White House denied the story

[spanone]

10. Explains the 'deadliest day' in Iraq.

Cheney is BAD news wherever he goes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Probably to pick up the envelope of kickback $$$$

[Demeter]

11. If I Were In Line for the Hague, I'd Be Looking For a Bolt Hole About Now

The real question is: What are the Saudis up to? Is there any quid pro quo between them and BushCo?

Would the Saudis care to test their international power against the wrath of the world? Somehow I doubt it.

And what about Carlyle, Haliburton, and the other big corporate players? Have they reached their natural limits? Are they going to take on the care and feeding of these horrible excuses for humans? Or will they cut their losses?

We have to make it worth people's while to rat out these criminals and help put them away forever.

[neoblues]

12. Dunno what he's up to, but you gotta figure it's getting shorter all the time...

As he shrinks from old age. Then too, all these recent setbacks can't be good for that wicked old heart; I suppose evil is indestructible though--especially when he has one of those military issue cardiac pacers...

[RaleighNCDUer]

13. They all want to be out of the country --

it will explain away their inaction when whatever it is they plan to blame on the Iranians happens...

[rwenos]

14. Four and a Half Inches? n/t

[Straight Shooter]

16. The force of evil is strongest when Darth Cheney appears in person.

Who can resist that charming snarl? :eyes:

[eleny]

17. Delivering a smooch from W?

[niallmac]

18. The House of Saud is just another non democratic government

we support while murdering the civilians of other oil rich nations that can't
keep the peace on their own or refuse to play ball with us somehow.

Cheney is going to reassure the King that we will not let our
mutual golden goose go down the drain despite
having done everything we could to assure instability
in neighboring Iraq.

[spanone]

19. All this 'running around' post-thumpin'-election makes me nervous.

I'm paranoid after six years and I believe the Dick has something up his wicked sleeve. I don't trust him one iota.

[Chomp]

20. On the day when Iraqi Shias

are chanting "Death to the Wahabi Sunnis!" on the streets of Sadr City, Dickhead is visiting SA in an effort to find a resolution to Iraq's problems!

Nice mood-music you fucking retarded ape.

Tom Lehrer time.

[Disturbed]

21. The Saudis are mostly Sunnis.

The Shi'ites are right on their border. Saddam kept them in check but now Iranian Shi'ites are in Iraq, as well, taking control. The Saudi Royals have cause to worry. Cheney is there to shore up the Saudi Kingdom in person. The Saudi Royals were sternly against overthrowing Saddam during Gulf War 1 but reluctantly went with the Illegal Iraq Invasion because they were told that the US Military would leave Saudi Arabia and establish bases in Iraq that would protect Saudi territory and oil.