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2007-02-27 Afghanistan
Suicide bomber targets Cheney during visit to Afghanistan
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Posted by ryuge 2007-02-27 06:18|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Can you imagine the celebrations that would have erupted worldwide (and in the US) had they succeeded in killing Mr. Cheney.
And President Bush would not be able to appoint a VP to the right of Arlen Specter - what with the Senate confirmation as well as the next successor in the hands of the Democrats.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2007-02-27 07:10||   2007-02-27 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 And I thought it was Leahy.
Posted by Brett 2007-02-27 07:20||   2007-02-27 07:20|| Front Page Top

#3 If they had killed the VP, Bush would have been able to appoint anyone he wanted, including his brother.
Posted by Thromoger Thrumble5163 2007-02-27 07:25||   2007-02-27 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "The blast happened near the first security gate outside the base at Bagram, killing 19 people..."

First security gate ... outside the base ... killing 19 people.

I sincerely hope that they're not counting the carcass that had explosives wrapped around its body in that 19.

There is *no way* this PoS could have got close enough to Cheney to have even mildly injured him. Therefore said PoS 'decided' (maybe remote control splodeydope?) to self-detonate and thereby end the lives of 19 human beings - and for f*in what? to make some kind of 'statement'?

Sickening.
Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-02-27 07:33||   2007-02-27 07:33|| Front Page Top

#5 He can appoint anyone he wants, but the appointment would have to be confirmed by both the Senate and the House (25th Amendment.)
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2007-02-27 07:49||   2007-02-27 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 AQ action justifies attacking the bases in Wazoo, Pakland. Pressure on Perv also just kicked up a couple notches
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-02-27 08:06||   2007-02-27 08:06|| Front Page Top

#7 He can appoint anyone he wants, but the appointment would have to be confirmed by both the Senate and the House (25th Amendment.)

I understood your point. My point was that the dynamic and mood of the American public would change. The Dems currently have barely even the illlusion of control. It is easy to get caught up in the spin and hype, but they haven't been able to do squat. The death of the VP would have a dramatic impact on the majority of the nomral, sane American people. It would provide Bush with more control, not less.
Posted by Thromoger Thrumble5163 2007-02-27 08:21||   2007-02-27 08:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Where was Pelosi when this happened? Has anyone seen her since? Was the PoS a skinny, nip/tuck, female in a Versace suit with a pearl necklace?

/Scooter's cellmate
Posted by Jack is Back">Jack is Back  2007-02-27 09:27||   2007-02-27 09:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe Cheney should just go huntin' with these splodydopes. That'll learn 'em!
Posted by BA 2007-02-27 09:55||   2007-02-27 09:55|| Front Page Top

#10 If Cheney were gone, maybe that would persuade Lieberman to switch to the GOP thus shifting the balance in the Senate.
Posted by Spot">Spot  2007-02-27 10:40||   2007-02-27 10:40|| Front Page Top

#11 I wonder if the Pakistan government tipped off the Taliban/AQ re Cheneys visit?!!!!
Posted by Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-27 10:58||   2007-02-27 10:58|| Front Page Top

#12 The CIA should hire some suicide bombers to go after Bin Laden , the president of IRAN and That
Fat Bastard that runs around IRAQ in a bathrobe with a towel on his head.
What the hell, you only pay them once.
Posted by JustA Kid from Brooklyn 2007-02-27 11:07||   2007-02-27 11:07|| Front Page Top

#13 Sounds good to me, use their own tactics against them.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-27 11:21||   2007-02-27 11:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Doesn't sound like they were after Cheney at all, sounds like the target was the "Afgan Laborers" all along, it makes more sense, boom the hired help and cripple the base , now the Afgans will be much more reluctant to work for the EEvul 'Mercans.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-27 11:23||   2007-02-27 11:23|| Front Page Top

#15 I suggest VP Cheney invite Mullah Omar on his next quail hunting trip.
Posted by doc 2007-02-27 13:24||   2007-02-27 13:24|| Front Page Top

#16 Gotta see MICHELLE MALKIN today > HUFFINGTON POST Netters unhappy Jihadists didn't get Cheney. The Huffies aren't the only ones either. Coupled wid TEHRAN TIMES > Iran will retaliates against the USA "anywhere" [CONUS?] iff attacked, 'tis more INDICIA/EVIDENCIAS IRAN + RADICAL ISLAM WILL NOT ACCEPT CONTAINMENT AND CHOOSE TO ATTACK. to include "Amer Hiroshima" scenarios agz Dubya-NPE.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-27 21:23||   2007-02-27 21:23|| Front Page Top

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