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Cheney Meets with Troops in Afghanistan
phillyburbs.com (AP) ^ | 12/06/04 | Robert Burns

Posted on 12/06/2004 8:53:50 PM PST by 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


TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; cheney; dickcheney; karzai; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; rummy; rumsfeld; usmilitary; vicepresident; wot; zalmaykhalilzad
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1 posted on 12/06/2004 8:53:50 PM PST by JustaCowgirl
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To: JustaCowgirl

Awesome! Viva Bush/Cheney!


2 posted on 12/06/2004 8:56:12 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: dc-zoo

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.


3 posted on 12/06/2004 9:04:39 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
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To: JustaCowgirl

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


4 posted on 12/06/2004 9:06:37 PM PST by CheneyChick (Proud to be a Vet!)
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To: CheneyChick

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


5 posted on 12/06/2004 9:07:28 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
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To: JustaCowgirl; All

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


6 posted on 12/06/2004 9:08:42 PM PST by Lady In Blue ( President 'SEABISCUIT' AKA George W Bush)
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To: Lady In Blue

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


7 posted on 12/06/2004 9:09:54 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
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To: JustaCowgirl

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.


8 posted on 12/06/2004 9:24:38 PM PST by Lady In Blue ( President 'SEABISCUIT' AKA George W Bush)
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To: JustaCowgirl

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.


9 posted on 12/06/2004 9:26:18 PM PST by livius
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bttt


10 posted on 12/06/2004 10:01:28 PM PST by GretchenM (Because the wicked never stop, the righteous must work even harder.)
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To: GretchenM

BUMP!


11 posted on 12/06/2004 10:04:39 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: Lady In Blue

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.


12 posted on 12/06/2004 11:07:35 PM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: Lady In Blue

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


13 posted on 12/07/2004 4:26:55 AM PST by JustaCowgirl (I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
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To: lonevoice
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.

14 posted on 12/07/2004 4:28:31 AM PST by JustaCowgirl (I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
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To: CheneyChick

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


15 posted on 12/07/2004 4:29:00 AM PST by mystery-ak (Please pray for Maj Tammy Duckworth)
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To: JustaCowgirl
Shucks, I don't have a vcr,

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

16 posted on 12/07/2004 4:36:36 AM PST by slimer (I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.)
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To: CheneyChick

"These events just aren't as much without CheneyChick."
"You said it, Dick."
17 posted on 12/07/2004 4:37:01 AM PST by rabidralph (George W. Bush, the other Body Hammer)
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To: CheneyChick

"Is that CheneyChick? Naw, damn!"
18 posted on 12/07/2004 4:37:58 AM PST by rabidralph (George W. Bush, the other Body Hammer)
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To: JustaCowgirl

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)
19 posted on 12/07/2004 4:39:08 AM PST by rabidralph (George W. Bush, the other Body Hammer)
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To: JustaCowgirl

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)
20 posted on 12/07/2004 4:40:06 AM PST by rabidralph (George W. Bush, the other Body Hammer)
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