Cheney to Lebanese Catholic Cardinal: " will see what he can do for us."

[sabra]

http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=2425

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Washington (CNS) -- Lebanon's Maronite Catholic patriarch said he told U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney that Israel has a right to defend itself, but its reaction to Hezbollah actions is not proportionate.

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Cardinal Sfeir told CNS after the Mass that Cheney told him "he will see what he can do for us. It's not so easy because of a lot of complicated situations with a lot of countries." The cardinal said Cheney did not share the U.S. government's plan for the Middle East.

"He doesn't have a plan; at least he hasn't told me. I think, I hope he will intervene and put an end to this conflict," he said. "I think the U.S. government must be just."

[Virginia Dare]

1. He's got a plan alright....

but it's got nothing to do with ending the conflict.

Rather bold of him to show his face there, wasn't it?

[saltpoint]

2. Many Cardinals are persuasive scholars. I'd love to have heard

any conversation between any such Cardinal and the loathsome Dick Cheney.

Cheney doesn't appear to be that much of an adept at deeper considerations. Blood for profits seems to be his bottom line.

[Mandate My Ass]

3. he probably gave him Halliburton's customer service number

for rebuilding after the place is blown to smithereens.

[librechik]

4. Cheney has a plan. The Cardinal can read it right here:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

It calls for perpetual war begun by a Pearl Harbor-like provocation, and Cheney was a signatory.