Posted on 04/11/2008 11:34:54 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Vice President Cheney went on right-wing talk radio yesterday with a dramatic new argument for preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, casting the Iranian leadership as apocalyptic zealots who yearn for a nuclear conflagration.
Cheney also notably refused to comment about any recent conversations he may have had with Israeli leaders about the possibility of their bombing Iranian nuclear facilities. Some observers suspect Cheney of encouraging Israel to attack Iran as a proxy.
Conventional wisdom in Washington has it that Cheney and other supporters of military action against Iran were sidelined after a National Intelligence Estimate last November reported that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
But the vice president sounded anything but chastened yesterday, speaking with two of his favorite media enablers. In fact, he sounded like the NIE never happened.
Here he is talking to Sean Hannity:
Hannity: "What did you make of Senator Barack Obama's comments that he would talk to [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, a Holocaust denier who's repeatedly threatened to blow up and remove Israel from the state -- from the map, the world map, and obviously is pursuing some nuclear capability?"
Cheney: "Well, he is, and I think the position we've taken with respect to that is that we would be prepared to talk when they stopped enriching uranium. Of course, they've never met that condition, so we haven't had talks at that level.
"But Ahmadinejad is I think a very dangerous man.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
“Froomkin” is such a great name, I think we should make it into a verb, like we did with “Clymer.”
Maybe cuz I’m on a Mac. It’s happened before.
Actually, I misspoke in my previous post. “A**hole” is a noun, not a verb.
Just got there. But in a strange way. The window opened BEHIND the FR window, so I couldn’t see it until I moved the FR window out of the way! It’s never done that before!
ROTFLOL! Thanks. (Post #14)
That’s a great poster.
I would LOVE for Dick Cheney to be the President. The terrorists would be peeing their pants if he were the President.
LOL!!!!!!
God, I love that man.
They ARE apocalyptic zealots and they want megadeath so bad they can taste it.
... mutual assured destruction during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviets meant peace and stability and deterrence, but mutual assured destruction in the hands of Ahmadinejad may just be a SELF FULFILLING PROPHESY.
Lol
of Dick Cheney as Prez! BTW Went fishing today for the first time this year... 
and caught a $28 catfish! Well, only caught one cat and since the Tex fishing license was 28 bucks, I consider that fish cost me $20. The next one will only average $14! And so on and so on and so on--
Fish then 
......Fish Now 
Gadzooks, the beer has me drunk already!!!!!
How are ya, Bender?
And it ain't all just the beer!
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