Wednesday, April 28, 2004
CHENEY FLASHBACK From UPI, July 31, 2000:
On the eve of the President's and Vice President's tag-team testimony before the 9/11 Commission, it's worth taking a moment to step back and remember who we're dealing with here.
Cheney's position on trade with "rogue" nations--both as a politician and as a businessmen--is consistent. As a congressman from Wyoming from 1979 to 1989 he opposed sanctions against South Africa. As defense secretary from 1989 to 1993 he opposed them against Iraq, favoring military action instead. And at the helm of Halliburton, he oversaw a 1998 merger with Dresser Corp., a company that had contracts to retool oil rigs in Iraq. And while Halliburton sold that part of its business earlier this year (a spokesman for Dallas-based Halliburton said the partnership no longer fit with the products or services the company provides), Halliburton continues to do business with "states of concern" such as Syria."States of concern" is the official term now favored by the State Department to describe countries it believes support terrorism or are intent on building weapons of mass destruction.
On the eve of the President's and Vice President's tag-team testimony before the 9/11 Commission, it's worth taking a moment to step back and remember who we're dealing with here.
