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Tony Blair on Dick Cheney: He wanted to remake Middle East after 9/11, invade Iraq, Syria, Iran
N.Y. Daily News ^
| September 5th 2010
Posted on 09/07/2010 4:48:41 AM PDT by nuconvert
Dick Cheney wanted to invade several Middle East nations, not just Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair reveals in his new book.
Blair writes that the former Vice President had a goal to remake the power structure of several countries in that part of the world.
Cheney "would have worked through the whole lot, Iraq, Syria, Iran, dealing with all their surrogates in the course of it -- Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.," Blair wrote in his memoir, "A Journey."
The former PM told Christiane Amanpour on ABC's "This Week" that Cheney, 69, believed "the world had to be remade after September the 11th."
"Dick was always absolutely hard-line on these things," Blair said. "I mean, I think he would openly avow this."
In his book, Blair writes Cheney wanted to deliver a message to nations he felt were supporting terrorists and terror organizations.
"He was for hard, hard power," he wrote. "No ifs, no buts, no maybes. We're coming after you so change or be changed."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blair; blairbook; cheney; iran; iraq; lockerbie; wot
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That's why we love ya, Dick. Too bad you didn't have your way.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:48:43 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
They should ALL have been taken out! Dik was right...AGAIN!
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:50:47 AM PDT
by
WellyP
To: nuconvert
We do apparently need a new Muslim World order.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:00 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: nuconvert
Yep. We got bogged down in nation building instead of eliminating bad guys first.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:06 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Remember the first rule of gunfighting...have a gun..-- Col. Jeff Cooper)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:12 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: nuconvert
The house of Saud needs on that list.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:19 AM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(Call me when the bullets start flying.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:27 AM PDT
by
petercooper
(Ignorant Obama Voters: Happy Now?)
To: nuconvert
America, at that time, was led by an adult.
The UK went for the terrorists.
To: nuconvert
Sounds like a well thought out plan.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:51:55 AM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate: Republicans freed the slaves Month.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:52:52 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys)
To: Diogenesis
Who’s that with Mickey Rourke ?
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:53:37 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: nuconvert
Tony Blair is just proving to the world what an idiot he is. We would have been better keeping his trap shut.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:53:39 AM PDT
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
lol. That’s quite clever.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:53:52 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: nuconvert
"I think he would openly avow this." But you're not sure? Are you making things up? Guessing? Evidence?
To: nuconvert
Better than half-assing it like we did...
Mike
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:55:28 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
(Democrats are the party of Special Re-education)
To: nuconvert
Every new thing I learn about Cheney makes me respect him all the more. He would have made a great President and a wonderful New American Century, free of all the hideous tin-pot dictatorships and petty tyrants.
Instead, we have a crooked bell hop selling us out to a bunch of rock-worshiping monkeys.
Nice going, America.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
To: fieldmarshaldj
Yeah. He should sign up with that celebrity-look-alike agency.
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posted on
09/07/2010 4:56:09 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
To: fieldmarshaldj
That would be Megrahi’s UnJailer when the terrorist
was rewarded for bringing down an airliner
with a convenient “GET OUT OF JAIL” card approved by
a coven including Scotland, BP, and Obama.
To: Diogenesis
Quaddaffi looks like he just rolled in from a KISS concert.
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posted on
09/07/2010 5:00:28 AM PDT
by
ronniesgal
( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
To: Diogenesis
Is it just me, or does Momar (sp) look like a Rocker coming off a Reunion Tour?
Just sayin’
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posted on
09/07/2010 5:05:06 AM PDT
by
Artcore
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