| Posted by fluffy ® , Sep 15,2003,11:41 | MetroBlab |
MR. RUSSERT: The Washington Post asked the American people about Saddam Hussein, and this is what they said: 69 percent said he was involved in the September 11 attacks. Are you surprised by that?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: No. I think it�s not surprising that people make that connection.
MR. RUSSERT: But is there a connection?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: We don�t know.
MR. RUSSERT: Vanity Fair magazine reports that about 140 Saudis were allowed to leave the United States the day after the 11th, allowed to leave our airspace and were never investigated by the FBI and that departure was approved by high-level administration figures. Do you know anything about that?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: I don�t.
MR. RUSSERT: Joe Lieberman, the senator from Connecticut, running for president, had this to say: �...what President Bush gave the American people on Sunday night was a price tag��$87 billion��not a plan. And we in Congress must demand a plan.�
What is our plan for Iraq? How long will the 140,000 American soldiers be there? How many international troops will join them? And how much is this going to cost?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, some of those questions are unknowable at present, Tim. With respect to the financing, the $87 billion we�ve asked for is�about 3/4 of that is to support our military and security operations. About 1/4 of it will go specifically to helping make the investments Bremer believes we need to make in order to get the Iraqis back and functioning on their own capability.
So how long will it take? I don�t know.
-read the whole thing. he says "I dont know" about 873 times. if he doesnt know, why is he the Vice president?! god help us if W ever got assassinated and we are stuck with "Dumber" instead of just "Dumb".
| Posted by hi top ® , Sep 15,2003,12:17 | MetroBlab |
| Posted by Rikki ® , Sep 15,2003,19:12 | MetroBlab |
Cheney was a political operative for decades before oozing into the Halliburton job. He has been making arms deals and oil deals and otherwise enabling globalized fascism since the Nixon administration. He got the Halliburton offer not because he was a "corporate man", but the quintessential backroom politician.
He certainly knew about the 140 Saudis let loose immediately after the attacks. He probably authorized it himself. He's just the kind of guy who might learn about such an attack and decide to use it as cover for secret government and huge expenditures. He wants to put the attack behind us not just to avoid questions about the Saudi role, but to avoid deeper probes that would implicate him.
The rest of his administration needs to keep milking the tragedy for every multibillion-dollar contract it's worth, of course, and it's easier for Dick to not lie if he never has to speak in public, so don't expect to see too much of him. He is just popping out to see if he still casts a shadow, then it's back to the batcave.