Vice President Dick Cheney has maintained for a long time now that there
exists a link between Saddam Hussein's erstwhile regime and Al Qaeda.
He has never denied saying so and recently corrected the 9/11 commission
staffers who put out an interim report stating there was no credible
information of a link.  The 9/11 commission staffers were wrong. The
commissioners themselves, who did not write the report, backed away from
that interim report at an astonishing speed.

The evidence has been mounting rapidly and supports the administration's
and Dick Cheney's contention of the existence of a long term link
between pre-liberation Iraq and Al Qaeda.  To persist, in the face of
mounting evidence, in denying the existence of such a link is simply
ludicrous and makes one wonder why some people can't face reality.

The denial on the part of Dick Cheney that Yosef talks about, has to do
with the contention expounded by some people in the press, but not
President Bush or Vice-President Cheney or the administration in
general, that Iraq was behind 9/11.  Nobody in the administration has
ever said that Iraq was behind 9/11, however many people have
incorrectly attributed such to the administration.  One can only guess
at those people's motives.

I trust this explains the situation.


Denys


-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Yosef Rosenblatt
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:50 PM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT:Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in U.S. Senate

I am neither offended nor surprised by Mr. Cheney's choice of words. I
personally have eschewed the use of obscene language but do adhere to
the
principle, "F***'em if they can't take a joke." If Mr. Cheney chooses to
speak in this manner it is his right to do so.

I do feel it is right and fitting to ask Mr. Cheney a simple question,
"Do
you kiss your valued family with that mouth?" You can't play "Mr.
Morality"
one minute and then act like a "sinner" in the next. You can't claim the
high ground and wallow in the gutter. This is especially true when, like
Mr.
Cheney, you don't cut anyone else any slack.

Speaking of Mr. Cheney speaking, I have a bigger problem with his words
than
whether or not they are one of the seven banned words. My problem is
with
his saying things over and over and then denying having ever said them
and
then saying them again. Case in point the connection between Saddam
Hussein'
s regime and Al Qaideh. He has repeatedly stated, unequivocally that the
link exists. When asked to justify the statement he denies ever having
made
it. This is unfortunately just one example of Mr. Cheney's tendency to
treat
the American public as if they are too stupid to understand him or see
the
fallacy of his logic. (My years as a classroom teacher lead me to call
this
" The Vice Principal Syndrome.")

Maybe he is right. Maybe we as a nation are too stupid. Maybe like
little
kittens we are more fascinated by the ball of tin foil than we are by
things
of substance. While America was in such an uproar over Janet Jackson's
breast an even younger young woman was making human pyramids with naked
Iraqis. Mr. Cheney would have you believe they deserve this treatment
because they are bad. If they weren't bad they wouldn't be in jail;
where
there's smoke there's is fire. With Mr. Cheney where there's smoke
there's
mirrors.

As Little Newt Hoenikker put it, "No damn cat and no damn cradle."

Pray For Peace,
Yosef

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