Cheney ‘tried to block North Korea nuclear deal.’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/28/cheney-tried-to-block-north-korea-nuclear-deal/

Cheney ‘tried to block North Korea nuclear deal.’

Earlier this week, the Bush administration the Bush administration announced that it was taking North Korea off the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism after the country declared its nuclear program to the outside world. Vice President Dick Cheney has not hid his disapproval of the move. Now, the Telegraph reports that Cheney tried to block the deal before it happened:

Vice President Dick Cheney fought furiously to block efforts by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to strike a controversial US compromise deal with North Korea over the communist state’s nuclear programme, the Telegraph has learned.

“The exchanges between Cheney’s office and Rice’s people at State got very testy. But ultimately Condi had the President’s ear and persuaded him that his legacy would be stronger if they reached a deal with Pyongyang,” said a Pentagon adviser who was briefed on the battle.

On Friday, the New York Times described the North Korea deal as the State Department’s win in a “major battle against the Cheney camp.”

[whistle]

1. What??? You mean Dubya went against his puppet master?

[Disturbed]

2. Busholini isn't that bright but his family has been pushing him

to cut the strings with Cheney for a long time now. Even they know that Cheney doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything except himself & his wealth.

[cbc5g]

4. You know Cheney's beyond fucked up when Bush co cuts the strings

Wow..LOL

[tularetom]

3. Don't laugh - bush probably had to promise to bomb Iran

to get the Dick to not publicly put the kibosh on the deal.

The State Department is not going to "win" anything long term against cheney.

[kimmerspixelated]

5. That may be the rub, alright.

[Faygo Kid]

6. Bingo. They are clearing the decks for that.

They don't "do" diplomacy. Something else has to be at work here.

[babylonsister]

7. Shit. Then there's this. Chris Floyd thinks so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3536559&mesg_id=3536559