Cheney to Attend Karzai's Inauguration

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney will travel to Afghanistan to attend the inauguration Tuesday of Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's first directly elected president.

Cheney will also meet with Karzai and other government officials, and will thank U.S. and other troops serving there, the White House announced on Tuesday. The vice president will be acccompanied by his wife, Lynne Cheney.

Thousands of U.S. soldiers are preparing an operation against Taliban insurgents to pre-empt an expected spring offensive which could upset plans for Afghan parliamentary elections.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-cheney-afghanistan,0,6643759.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[rfranklin]

1. Will he be bringing the portable "undisclosed location?"

Or just the flying bunker?

[BeHereNow]

2. ROLF!

According to my nephew (army) they
have bunkers there too, so he will probably
travel light...
bhn

[bunny planet]

3. Will he be wearing one of those funny 'Karzai' hats at the inauguration?

Will all the War Lords be invited too.

[arcane1]

4. one oil man visiting another

and people really believe that the average Afghani elected this goon? :shrug:

[bvar22]

5. One SURE thing:

They won't be taking a trip outside Kabul to view the countryside.
I think cheney* would like to inspect the Opium BumperCrop.

[arcane1]

6. indeed

Karzai is, at best, merely the mayor of Kabul

[BiggJawn]

8. And only about 6 square blocks of THAT...

...and a corridor to the airport...

[frank frankly]

7. he wants to make sure the heroin production is going well

after all, the BFEE runs heroin.

things are quickly getting worse.

prison planet, coming up very very soon.

damn.

[BiggJawn]

9. Will he be making a "Carpet of gold, Carpet of BOMBS" offer?

Oh, silly me...Karzai's already a plank-owner in TinMan's jock, isn't he?

[rainbow4321]

10. Karzai's oil connection

http://www.counterpunch.org/tomenron.html

As America's New War now begins focusing on other "rogue nations," UNOCAL's stars have magically aligned. About two months after the Houston parties, UNOCAL executive John Maresca addressed the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and urged support for establishment of an investor-friendly climate in Afghanistan, "... we have made it clear that construction of our proposed pipeline cannot begin until a recognized government is in place that has the confidence of governments, lenders and our company." Meaning that UNOCAL's ability to construct the Afghan pipeline was a cause worthy of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

Maresca's prayers have been answered with the Taliban's replacement. As reported in Le Monde, the new Afghan government's head, Hamid Karzai, formerly served as a UNOCAL consultant. Only nine days after Karzai's ascension, President Bush nominated another UNOCAL consultant and former Taliban defender, Zalmay Khalilzad, as his special envoy to Afghanistan

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[Brundle_Fly]

12. yes he needs an

afghani enima.

[daleo]

13. I never did hear the supposed vote count from Afghanistan

Not that I would believe it anyway, but I don't recall ever seeing a final result.

[rainbow4321]

14. It was alot like ours...an oilman won via fixed election

except their votes were alot more secure than ours----ours were in e-voting machines and their's were transported via donkies thru the deserted Afghan mountain side from the more rural Afghan towns to a place where the votes were fixed, um, I mean "counted"...wonder how many donkies had their bags "lost" on the way to being counted?

Karzai's Houston oil connection goes way back..pre-Afghan invasion:

http://www.counterpunch.org/tomenron.html

Maresca's prayers have been answered with the Taliban's replacement. As reported in Le Monde, the new Afghan government's head, Hamid Karzai, formerly served as a UNOCAL consultant. Only nine days after Karzai's ascension, President Bush nominated another UNOCAL consultant and former Taliban defender, Zalmay Khalilzad, as his special envoy to Afghanistan