Word: cheney
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...while, the victorious allies watched from the sidelines. Their paralysis was in part a political necessity. U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney noted that the coalition's U.N. mandate for action did not cover moving "inside Iraq ((to)) deal with their internal problems...
...even if the allies had had the freedom to maneuver, they lacked the will. "I'm not sure," said Cheney, "whose side you'd want to be on." Not the Shi'ite mullahs, certainly. The West has no interest in seeing Iran II in Iraq; nor do the gulf states, which have their own problems with Shi'ite restiveness. Supporting the Kurds would create a stewpot of problems as well. Turkey, an important constituent in the anti-Saddam team and a NATO member, fears that any gains made by Iraq's Kurds would embolden Turkey's own 8 million-member...
...fact, Bush and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney had already begun that effort in little-reported passages of recent speeches. "We hear so often how our kids and our schools fall short, and I think it's about time that we took note of some of the success stories," Bush said on Feb. 15 in a speech to the Massachusetts workers who built the Patriot missile system. "For years we've heard that antimissile defense won't work . . . Some people called it impossible. But you called it your job. And they were wrong and you were right...
...days earlier, Cheney had told a business group, "It's important to remember that virtually every one of these ((weapons)) programs and systems was targeted somewhere along the line in the early stage of its development by critics." He added that observing highly competent U.S. soldiers in the gulf had left him "less pessimistic about our basic educational systems." Summarizing the Administration's new line of attack, Cheney said, "We need to be less critical of ourselves than we have been . . . We have done a better job as a nation than we often give ourselves credit for, and the proof...
Secondly, we are disturbed by Bush's propensity to surround himself with yes-men. Since August, the president has relied almost exclusively on the advice of four like-minded officials: James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. President Kennedy conducted the Bay of Pigs Fiasco in a similar manner. He then sought a wide range of advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That's one reason there wasn't a Cuban Missile Fiasco. Even if you eventually reject your opposition's dissenting views, it doesn't hurt to hear them...