[lbo-talk] Chubby Cardiac Patient In Bad Suit Delivers Grim Speech

Dwayne Monroe idoru345 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 15 12:03:45 PST 2004


*Fear,* author Frank Herbert wrote *is the mind killer.* Well yes, and it seems SubCommander Cheney (and chief operative Rove) agree and hope that mind killing will do the trick in 2004.

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Cheney's grim vision: decades of war

Vice president says Bush policy aimed at long-term world threat

James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, January 15, 2004

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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full at

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/15/MNGK14AC301.DTL



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