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...They want us to forget that none of the men on those planes were Iraqi. They want us to forget that there were no weapons of mass destruction.” McCarthy said that he has been protesting the war since its beginning. “In 2003, Lynne Cheney produced a list of academics who were ‘short on patriotism,’” he said. “I was number 32.” McCarthy told the crowd about his friend Ted, who was critically wounded in Iraq. “Whenever...
...Vice President Dick Cheney heralded the program's 25th anniversary - and the continuing need for it - at a gathering hosted by the Heritage Foundation In Georgetown's Four Seasons hotel on March 11. "In 1972, nine countries had ballistic missiles," he said. "Today, it is at least 27, and that includes hostile regimes that oppress their own people, seek to intimidate and dominate their neighbors, and actively support terrorist groups...
...Joseph Cirincione, a missile-defense expert recently named president of the pro-disarmament Ploughshares Fund, told Congress a week earlier that the missile threat faced by the U.S. actually has declined in recent decades. Two-thirds of the nations cited by Cheney "have only short-range ballistic missiles with ranges under 1,000 kilometers - basically Scuds. This is often ignored when officials or experts cite the 30 countries with ballistic missile capability." The long-range missiles threatening the U.S. have shrunk by 71% over the past 20 years, he said, and are based in Russia and China. Five nations have...
...Makiya, who had written a best-selling book on Saddam’s regime, “Republic of Fear,” was drawn into the public debate. He became a passionate supporter of the humanitarian justification for war and was consulted by Vice President Dick Cheney in 2002 and, later, President Bush himself. But Makiya rejected the idea that his opinions had any impact on America’s march to war. He called his meeting with Bush “nothing but a public relations exercise...
...OPEC members are also haunted by the organization's misstep in 1998, when they voted to boost production quotas shortly before the Asian economic crisis hit. That sent oil crashing to $10 a barrel. Such prices may now seem like ancient history, but as Cheney flies out to the Middle East, he'll be visiting a region where ancient history can seem very fresh indeed...