Cheney Meets with Troops in Afghanistan

phillyburbs.com (AP) ^ | 12/06/04 | Robert Burns

[JustaCowgirl]

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Vice President Dick Cheney congratulated U.S. troops for helping give democracy a chance to take root in Afghanistan.

"For the first time the people of this country are looking confident about the future of freedom and peace," Cheney told a group of soldiers Tuesday morning at Bagram Air Base, just hours before a ceremony to inaugurate President Hamid Karzai.

Cheney was leading a U.S. delegation that included Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad.

The vice president recounted the role of U.S. forces in destroying the Taliban regime, which had harbored the al-Qaida terrorist network blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"The dictatorship that harbored the most vicious terrorist network in history is now history," Cheney said.

The vice president cautioned that work remains to be done. "Freedom still has enemies here in Afghanistan and you are here to make those enemies miserable," he said. December 6, 2004 10:38 PM

[dc-zoo]

Awesome! Viva Bush/Cheney!

[JustaCowgirl]

Fox just announced they would carry the inauguration live, but they didn't say what time! Seems like it could be the middle of the night.

[CheneyChick]

Grrrrrr. I left Bagram a month too soon (ha - who knew?)!

[JustaCowgirl]

Darn! I can't believe you missed him by a month, CheneyChick!

[Lady In Blue]

I heard on Fox this evening that at around 10:30pm.Pac(1:30amEST)they will show Karzai's inauguration ceremonies from Kabul.

[JustaCowgirl]

Shucks, I don't have a vcr, and there's no way I'm staying up for that. Oh, well.

[Lady In Blue]

I'm going to try and stay up and watch it. I don't know how long it's going to be on but I want to see it. I don't know how to tape off cable, so I'm forced to stay up and see it. I think it's going to be worth it.

[livius]

Great stuff! The press and most Americans have sort of forgotten about Afghanistan, but it's another key area in the fight against Muslim madness. If we can get a stable secularly-governed society going there, it's a major step in the right direction.

[GretchenM]

bttt

[txrangerette]

BUMP!

[lonevoice]

MSNBC now showing Karzai's inauguration live. The camera just panned the audience, showing Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld sitting together. How thrilling that this is possible.

[JustaCowgirl]

Hope you got to see it, Lady in Blue. I should have stayed up, but didn't.

[JustaCowgirl]

The camera just panned the audience, showing Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld sitting together. How thrilling that this is possible.

Very thrilling that it is possible. That was a piece of history shown live around the world, wasn't it.

[mystery-ak]

Glad to see you back....welcome home...

[slimer]

Shucks, I don't have a vcr,

Go to WalMart, buy one, tape the program and then return the VCR.

[rabidralph]

"These events just aren't as much without CheneyChick."
"You said it, Dick."

[rabidralph]

"Is that CheneyChick? Naw, damn!"

[rabidralph]

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) and his wife Lynne walk towards for a ceremony at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004. Hamid Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s first popularly elected president, calling for sustained help from the international community to bolster a young democracy that sill faces the twin threats of terrorism and drugs. (AP Photo/SHAH Marai, POOL)

[rabidralph]

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), left, speaks to Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a reception at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Tuesday, Dec. 7. 2004. Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country while warning that the wars against terrorism and drugs will require sustained international help. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, Pool)