{"id":671,"date":"2004-10-19T16:40:14","date_gmt":"2004-10-19T20:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=671"},"modified":"2004-10-19T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2004-10-19T20:40:14","slug":"republic-of-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=671","title":{"rendered":"Republic of Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheney: Terrorists May Bomb U.S. Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
\nAssociated Press Writer <\/p>\n

10\/19\/04 “The Guardian” — CARROLL, Ohio (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday evoked the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such a threat, which the vice president called a concept “you’ve got to get your mind around.” <\/p>\n

“The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us – biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans,” Cheney said. <\/p>\n

“That’s the ultimate threat. For us to have a strategy that’s capable of defeating that threat, you’ve got to get your mind around that concept,” Cheney said. <\/p>\n

Cheney, speaking to an invitation-only crowd as he began a bus tour through Republican strongholds in Ohio, said Kerry is trying to convince voters he would be the same type of “tough, aggressive” leader as President Bush in the fight against terrorism. <\/p>\n

“I don’t believe it,” the vice president said. “I don’t think there’s any evidence to support the proposition that he would, in fact, do it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n

Putin: Terror Attacks Aimed at Bush<\/strong>
\nMon Oct 18,11:16 AM<\/a><\/p>\n

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail U.S. President George W. Bush’s chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.<\/p>\n

“I consider the activities of terrorists in Iraq are not as much aimed at coalition forces but more personally against President Bush,” Putin said at a news conference after a regional summit in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe.<\/p>\n

“International terrorism has as its goal to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term,” he said. “If they achieve that goal, then that will give international terrorism a new impulse and extra power.” <\/p>\n

Still, Putin didn’t say which candidate he favored in the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election. <\/p>\n

“We unconditionally respect any choice of the American people,” he said. “I don’t want to spoil relations with either candidate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n

Putin’s ongoing cheerleading for George is proof only of his<\/em> desire to keep his soulmate in the WH. Why would that be?<\/p>\n

Could one reason be he welcomes the rise of unprecedented hatred for America that is turning support and business Russia’s way as well the logical assumption that four-more-years of the Bush Crusades will further unite the world against the U.S.?<\/p>\n

Kerry would probably stem the tide but as Anatol Lieven reminds readers in Liberal Hawk Down<\/a> progressive internationalism is at its core just another road to ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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