does cheney have an ulterior motive? he was just publicly attackin russia about human rights,?
485143
Yes - Politics. Russia is not cooperating with US efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons (I really detest Cheney and Co. but I think they have a point that Iran shoul dnot have nuclear weapons, and if the UN can the the tool of deterring Iran, that would be great.  The US does NOT want to go war in Iran - they don't have th esoldiers to go to war in IRaq and Afghanistan.  They therefore want the UN to pressure Iran to srop their program, and Russia is blocking this as it has a veto on the UN security council which would be responsible for acting).\n\nCheney is therefore showing Russia that if they don't cooperate, he can cause problems for them too. It is NOT ideology: after slamming Russia he went to Kazakhstan, where the political situation is worse than Russia, and was very friendly, mostly because Kazakhstan has oil, is in Central Asia (the US lost its base in Kazakhstan's neighbor Uzbekistan and may lose its base in another neighbor Kyrgyzstan). All of these Central Asian states are near Afghanistan and Iran.
135790
No one is saying Cheney shot his hunting buddy on purpose, I've heard no talk of criminal charges,it was an accident,but not an accident I feel is easily excusable.\nA man who has been hunting as long as Cheney has no excuse for not knowing what is in his field of fire before pulling the trigger... He discredited himself, the public is merely talking about it....and the fact that he did not have the proper hunting license for shooting upland birds....lots of hunters in that area have made the same mistake because that tag is a new requirement, not a huge deal, but very entertaining.
469209
I think if he was, It would have been in the papers and on the news. Who told you he was? Check People.com or something like that. But I think someone is pulling your leg.
174651
Because the U.N. had no such authority. Not to mention that "petelikesmail" is totally correct in his post above. The U.N. is a complete joke and ignores when real atrocities happen. When known human rights abusers are on the human rights committie, how could your trust them?
729966
can you site this... or are you using secret terrorist sources that you have?\n\nI would assume it's that they want to blow up Europe and America?\n\ncall me crazy...
889964
I've been questioning their support of Iran, France, and the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. I know Russia needs money and that need dictates much of what they do. But I'm also very wary that they may have ulterior motives. And I think our Pentagon is aware as well.
565733
I'm a democrat and i am not angry.  I notice that people in power tend to use that power for self interest.  This is true of democrats and republicans so there's no difference.  I am not angry at George Bush, he is just doing his best.  I hardly ever raise a fuss about things.  Just work quietly here in my community.  Honestly i think the whole thing about wiretapping is overblown and i wish there was more on the radio about darfour.
773060
Maybe his website was hacked.  But don't call it a largespread conservative plot or anything.  Could have been one stupid person trying to start trouble.
300332
I suspected Greasy was trying to line up statements justifying the invasion of Iraq, but he claims he's not and added a negative for the chaotic democracy, that if you speak out you're more likely to be assassinated.  I'm still pointing out that the analogy to Iraq--intended or not--is not accurate.  The forces of democracy also face a military occupation that is widely detested, and infiltration by violent radical foreigners, and you're in danger of sliding into poverty because the economy is falling apart.\n\nIf I pretend this isn't a question about Iraq but a generic country, I'd take the chaotic democracy because most countries aren't as dysfunctional as Iraq is now, and in a fluid situation there is more hope for improvement than in a static situation such as a powerful dictator in total control.  Russia had chaotic democracy for a while and regressed to something like a Latin American pseudo-democracy, but I'd rather have lived through that than Stalin's or Brezhnev's regimes.\n\nI will still point out that the US has a shameful record of trading freedom for supposed security after 9/11.  The authors of the Bill of Rights would be disturbed to see a president repeal large chunks of it by fiat.  Anyone who voted for Bush in 2004 and now dares to lecture the Iraqis about how they should value freedom over security is profoundly hypocritical or uninformed.
922560
... since when does the U.S. care about other nation's human rights...\n\nunless they are looking for an excuse to attack someone...
694926
Great question, I heard through the grapevine that Cheney wants to discuss the matter with Bush Sr. on a hunting trip.
314787
Maybe your not seeing the light babe! Bush is a criminal, and so is most of his staff. His Secretary of Homeland Security was caught with his molesting hands on a 14 year old girl. These are the people that are in charge of the Patriot Act. Tom Delay is another, Jack Abramoff is another, Cheney shooting his lawyer is another. It's on, and on.
138676
No. I didn't vote for Cheney's monkey on a string. If he is the lesser of two evils, what would the other guy have done? When you've bankrupted the country, raped the environment, taken away the people's rights and freedoms, lied to your citizens so you can masacre foreign countries, started a civil war, thrown gasoline on the fires of hatred in the middle east, and pis**d off the whole world in the process, what's left?
1025035
He's a traitor. He's anti military, and anti American. I;m sure he thinks that his dumb questions are just to get people talking, but it doesnt hide the fact that he's the lowest form of scum there is.
913106
I ask a question on this earlier tonight. I think it is obvious Putin had him killed. He met with some government officials for lunch then later went to the hospital... poisoned.
898483
That is the NEOCON agenda.  With the collapse of the Soviet Union, some bright men with nothing to do got tired of playing Risk, and graduated to Global Politics.  They concluded that in this power vacuum, it would be a really good idea for the US to assert itself while it had the chance, aiming at a kind of PAX or Power Americana, another name for world domination.  This all happened while we were all asleep, without our being consulted, and we now find ourselves trying to figure out how we got into this mess, the latest being Afghanistan and Iraq.  These guys are for real, and they are plundering along the way.  No one has ever succeeded at this throughout history, but they are giving it another shot,  as they figure by the time anyone catches on, they will be set and on their private island some where.  It is always the general population that has to suffer these guys, paying in blood, destruction, and chaos.  No one ever believes this can be until it is way too late.  The "big lie" has been used over and over for a very long time to cover this behavior up, and no matter how many times it is used, they always seem to initially get away with it.  They say if you don't know history you are doomed to repeat it, and here we are again.  That must be why we don't teach real history in our schools, so this kind of thing can happen.
705340
appears to be regressive to me, due to reduced freedoms he has supported, like reduced freedom of press and speech.  I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved with the recent poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.  Sounds like he's reverting back to his old KGB tactics.