Cheney travels to Georgia, Ukraine next week

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Vice President Dick Cheney will visit war-torn Georgia as well as Ukraine and Azerbaijan next week and meet with the three countries' presidents, the White House said Monday.

"President Bush has asked the vice president to travel to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Italy for discussions with these key partners on issues of mutual interest," the White House said in a statement.

Cheney, who is scheduled to depart September 2, will be the most senior US official to visit the region since Russian troops invaded Georgia two weeks ago amid a dispute over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The crisis has sparked fears of instability in the Caucasus, where Tbilisi's press for NATO membership and Ukraine's support of Georgia has riled Moscow.



Read more: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmLr73juJb4Ill9ZOAb-AmMDmoPg

[C_U_L8R]

1. There's a whopper of an excuse

for not daring show your face at your own party's convention.

They should just import Democrats ... oh wait

[peace13]

2. Dick can't rest while there are dirty deeds to be done!

So many dirty deeds....so little time!

[hornblast]

3. I remember...

A picture of Cheney walking through a field (yes, a grassy, waving field) with then CP-Soviet Union Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev. Seeing him walking with my hero Gorbachev gave me a great respect for Cheney, back then when he was "only" the sec. of defense. Trust me, I've had no love for the man since 1999, when I knew he's weasel his way into the Bush camp. And he did. >;-P

[peacetalksforall]

4. He's fooled many for many years, it's about a forty year mark for

his the agenda that he agreed to carry out on behalf of his bosses - the barons. It hurts to find out what he was doing to the country all this time. Planning and working on projects leading up to world domination by a few, for a few. And screws to us.

[ensho]

5. maybe someone will have the guts to arrest him while he is out of the country

or at least give him a chronic rash

[whistle]

6. That will be dangerous, not for Cheney but for the world

[MasonJar]

7. I wish he'd stop by EU for awhile; they might just arrest his sorry hide.

[cliss]

8. Cheney is going

to reassure Mr. Saakashvili that his buddies in the White House will protect him.


I wonder:smoke:

[DogPoundPup]

9. Cheney will head diplomatic mission to Georgia war zone

Source: Houston Chronicle

President Bush is dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to Georgia, setting up a high-ranking diplomatic mission to an ally reeling from war.

The White House announced today that Cheney will head abroad on Sept. 2 for stops in three former Soviet Republics — Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine — plus Italy.

"The president felt it was important to have the vice president consult with allies in the region on our common security interests," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said today.

The vice president's office described Cheney's mission in similarly broad terms, and called it a chance to reiterate the U.S. commitment to its allies.

Indeed, Cheney's presence in the war zone is a clear sign to Russia of the U.S. resolve behind Georgia after the small country was pummeled by a Russian military response.

Cheney's office has used tough rhetoric against the former Cold War foe, saying that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered." The Pentagon has ruled out a military response.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5964301.html

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Related article by Pat Buchanan:

<"From January 2007 to March 2008, the McCain campaign paid Scheunemann $70,000 – pocket change compared to the $290,000 his Orion Strategies banked in those same 15 months from the Georgian regime of Mikheil Saakashvili.

What were Mikheil's marching orders to Tbilisi's man in Washington? Get Georgia a NATO war guarantee. Get America committed to fight Russia, if necessary, on behalf of Georgia.

Scheunemann came close to succeeding.

Had he done so, U.S. soldiers and Marines from Idaho and West Virginia would be killing Russians in the Caucasus, and dying to protect Scheunemann's client, who launched this idiotic war the night of Aug. 7. That people like Scheunemann hire themselves out to put American lives on the line for their clients is a classic corruption of American democracy.

U.S. backing for his campaign to retrieve his lost provinces is what Saakashvili paid Scheunemann to produce. But why should Americans fight Russians to force 70,000 South Ossetians back into the custody of a regime they detest? Why not let the South Ossetians decide their own future in free elections?

Not only is the folly of the Bush interventionist policy on display in the Caucasus, so, too, is its manifest incoherence.>
McCain's neocon warmonger Posted: August 22, 2008
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=73068

[glowing]

10. Uh-Oh.. didn't go well enough in starting WWIII.. got to send in the snarling

dog to do what the younger neo-cons always mess up.

[LynnTheDem]

11. Oil grab now equals "diplomatic mission"? Why not, since "peace" now means

illegally invading nations & slaughtering the citizens; "winning hearts & minds" means bribing freedom fighters not to fight for their freedom; "American official policy" means torturing and disappearing people...

[RufusTFirefly]

12. Well, of course he will! After all, it's an oil war. That's his specialty.

Russia and Georgia: All About Oil

[TheDebbieDee]

13. Cheney in charge of anything is a scary idea......

[Xipe Totec]

14. That's like putting Typhoid Mary to work as an ICU nurse nt

[whistle]

15. BULLSHIT! Cheney is going to Georgia to stir up a shit-storm

...U.S. War ships are docked in Black Sea ports of Georgia right now for Christ sake

[bdamomma]

17. it 's all about the OIL.

and they don't care how many people they kill.

[bdamomma]

16. uncle dick's war plans got effed up

and he is going to give them an offer that they can't refuse.

Cheney can go to hell.

[InkAddict]

18. Winter's coming and he's bringing the "stovepipe" fuel

they "earned" for having a little conniption w/Russia, losing acreage to a more congenial player in the long-run, no matter what they say, IMO.

[VeraAgnes]

19. This sure does smell like an old shoe

from yesterday. Yea, they want the War there to continue since the polls regarding feeling safe regarding War favor Mccain. It's all about manipulation I believe but, then again, what's that saying............."Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me" ...It won't be so easy and Obama and Biden LOVE to SPEAK OUT! They are conformational!

[Phred42]

20. Cheney - Diplomacy in the same sentance ? Bullshit!

He's protecting his interests and preparing to start something. Neither Russia or the US are going to walk away from this.

read the list all the way down: http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2


3 of the 4 major oil pipelines run through Georgia. and ALL oil pipelines run through Azerbaijan

[miles 2 go]

21. Devil went down to Georgia?

Well, anytime Darth is on the move, you know it's not good.

[Phred42]

22. LOL good one

[bushmeister0]

23. He's going to Azerbaijan first.. I wonder why?

Right now, Ilham Aliyev must be thinking to himself just how important keeping the BTC piepine in the West's hands is considering the Russians are right next door. Judging by the lame response so far from the West to what happened in Georgia, he's got to be weighing his options. That's why Cheney is going to Azerbaijan first. Got to keep him on the reservation for BP.

I wonder what on earth Cheney can offer him to risk his neck for James Baker III & co.?

Remember, this oldey but goody?

MOSCOW, June 8 2007(RIA Novosti) - U.S. reaction to Russia's proposal to jointly use a radar in Azerbaijan as part of a global missile shield will show Washington's motives behind its planned missile defense system in Europe, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday.

The presidents of Russia and the United States agreed Thursday to cooperate on missile defense issues, and Vladimir Putin offered the U.S. joint use of the Gabala radar installation in Azerbaijan in an apparent attempt to ease tensions sparked by Washington's missile shield plans.

'The U.S. response to the Russian proposal will reveal whether the Americans are really concerned about the threats coming from certain global regions, which are common for both Russia and the United States,' said Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the International Affairs Committee at the lower house of the Russian parliament.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070608/66898697.html

The US really gave the Russian proposal some serious thought . . .

July 10 2007

'What we do not accept is that Gabala is a substitute for the plans that we're already pursuing with our Czech and Polish allies,' said Stephen Mull, acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.

'We believe that those installations are necessary for the security of our interests in Europe,' he told reporters.

'And both of those countries agree; and the entire NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) alliance agrees,' Mull added during a joint press conference with Azerbaijan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Araz Azimov.

'And so, we do not believe that the Gabala suggestion replaces that. We're still going to go ahead with the installation on those sites,' Mull added."

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=15986§ionid=3510203

The Azeris were probably thinking having all the fresh US and Russian money coming in to fix up Gabala would not only fill up the treasury but also keep the hammer and the anvil from smashing Azerbaijan. Now, however, things are a little more scary.

Check out Scheunemann's bio at Right Web, he'sa real piece of work

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1347.html

[bongbong]

24. Oh Oh

If President Cheney is going over there, watch out. Something is up.

Buy SLV, GLD, and XOM. You won't be sorry. It is good to buy these whenever republics are planning their crimes.

[InkAddict]

26. Yeah, follow the money to hell and back...

Thanks to Ozy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3454305&mesg_id=3454307

Ladies and gentlemen, the OBSCENE amounts of these financial instruments being thrust through the system – allegedly in the name of 1 bank, amounting to MULTI-TRILLIONS per quarter – CAN ONLY BE THE WORK OF A PRIVATE CENTRAL BANK (read, the FED), because no public entity – bank or otherwise - has the balance sheet maneuverability in an impaired credit environment to conduct such business.

[BeHereNow]

29. Don't forget UNG...

That's a good one too!

BHN

[BeHereNow]

30. Forgot to say- "WELCOME TO DU!"

:hi:

BHN

[TankLV]

25. HA HA HA!!! That's a good one...

oh, you mean these ASSHOLES are SERIOUS?!?!

Cheney - "dimplomatic" - really?!?!

OH, oh - look for the start of WWIII to begin shortly...

[MadrasT]

27. Kicking

:kick:

[ogneopasno]

28. Who? You mean he's still around?

Huh.

[denem]

31. Medevdev announces Cold War; Cheney can redouble his efforts for WWIII