Winner of 5 draft deferments Dickhead Cheney: "Russian aggression must not go unanswered"

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5935408.html

BEIJING — President Bush has sharply criticized Moscow's harsh military crackdown in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the violence is unacceptable and Russia's response is disproportionate.

The United States is waging an all-out campaign to press Russia to halt its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

Bush, in an interview with NBC, said, "I've expressed my grave concern about the disproportionate response of Russia and that we strongly condemn the bombing outside of South Ossetia."

Earlier, Vice President Dick Cheney said that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States."

[David Dunham]

1. Cheney is right for once!!!!!!!

[liberalmuse]

2. The Dick needs to STFU

And crawl back into his crypt.

[Faygo Kid]

3. Point well taken. Cheney will answer it by attacking Iran.

Just as he attacked Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.

I detect a pattern here.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Uh, huh . . .

[icnorth]

5. Bush to Rice...

Condi we have a problem...

[Jack Rabbit]

6. No, we don't have a problem

Didn't you get The Memo?

[kwenu]

7. Why? The Russians are merely following Bush's lead.

Clearly now the biggest "suckers" of any country. Georgia sent 2,000 troops to Iraq in support of George's War. Now they are begging for George's assistance to save their country. That's what trusting a Republican will get you.

[gratuitous]

8. "Serious consequences"?

Then why is the president spending his time smacking fannies and gladhanding athletes in China? Shouldn't he be somewhere a little more official doing something, you know, presidential?

[daleo]

9. He's gonna give Pootie-Poot such an ass-whooping

That's why he was practicing on the volleyball woman.

[bushmeister0]

10. Oh yes, grave concern, very grave. Now, that is.

I just posted this on another thread but it seems more relevant to this one.

Anyone remember what the Russians did to the Chechen capital Grozny (which means "White Grave")?

And the absolute silence of the administration and the EU on the Russian destruction of the city which, according to Eric Margolis, was referred to by a Russian journalist as the "Hiroshima of the Caucasus."

Margolis writes:

"Before 9/11, the US and EU had criticized Russia for massive human rights violations in Chechnya. But once Washington need Russian support for its invasion of Afghanistan - and the Russians cleverly told Bush the Chechen were ‘linked to Osama bin Laden’ - the White House abruptly re-branded the Chechen national resistance - hitherto described as ‘freedom fighters’ - as ‘Islamic terrorists.’

Presidents Bush proclaimed a joint US-Russian ‘war against Islamic terrorism’ and sanctioned Russia’s savage repression in the Caucasus. The EU dutifully fell into line. The FSB whispered to CIA that Afghanistan was filled with Chechen ‘terrorists’ trained and financed by bin Laden, though, in fact, there were only handful there who had come for military training or medical care. The Bush Administration shut down all Chechen web sites on the internet and halted fund raising to assist the beleaguered Chechen people. America, once the champion of democracy and freedom, had come down squarely on the side of reaction and repression."

http://www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2002/02/911_deja_vu_the_apartment_bombing_mystery.php