Cheney starts Mideast tour

[Judi Lynn]

Cheney starts Mideast tour
Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:00 AM ET


CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Egypt on Monday at the start of a brief Middle East tour that will include visits to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

His meetings with Arab leaders are expected to focus on counterterrorism, the Palestinian election and energy.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia were to be part of a trip Cheney took in December when he visited Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Oman. But he cut short that tour to fly back to Washington to cast a tiebreaking vote in the U.S. Senate.

Cheney added Kuwait to his itinerary so that he could offer condolences after the death on Sunday of the emir, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a spokeswoman said.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-01-16T145939Z_01_N14184025_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-CHENEY.xml

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Eat plenty of goat cheese while in the Middle East . . .

. . . Dick. Yum, Yum.

(It'll make his gouty foot swell up to the size of Montana.)

BWAHAAAhahahahahahahahah!

[htuttle]

2. "...focus on counter-terrorism, the Palestinian election and energy."

...Though DEFINITELY not in that order!

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour.

[Demeter]

4. Trying To Buy Up The Successors of Those Dead Emirs and Politicians

before they get some notions of independence from the US. And bag money to Iraq, of course. The VP is a busy man.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Doing a little scouting for Halliburton, I presume.

[Dulcinea]

6. Wonder if he'll visit Israel?

Will he inquire about Sharon?

[wordpix]

7. what is your point? I really dislike the anti-Israel tone around here

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Oh please

since when did Sharon become Israel?

[daleo]

14. It seems like a perfectly reasonable question

Israel is a U.S. ally and Sharon is seriously ill. What's anti-Israel about the question?

[mbperrin]

8. Be sure and take your allergy medicine, Dick!

All those flowers being tossed can really stop ya up!

[DemoTex]

9. Sick-Man on tour.

What kind of shit does that evil old fool have up his sleeve? Sick-Man in the Middle East is like a bull in a china shop.


Sick-Man

[pinerow]

10. I wonder who's the opening act...Rice...Rummy...?

:woohoo:

[WI_DEM]

11. He's not going to Iraq!!??

[Ouabache]

15. Really, can't the fucker support the troops in Iraq while he is there?

If he can stop all those other places he can stop in Iraq too. Get some flowers thrown at his evil old self, might make him a better man. He could teach them some songs about freedom while he is there too.

[Mountainman]

12. I got a flash picture of Cheney walking around the oil fields and saying

to himself, "Mine all mine!"