The AP reports that “Vice President Dick Cheney played the part of backroom power broker” during his visit to Iraq and “came away” with “pledges from Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds to firm up a new blueprint for U.S.- Iraq relations that will stretch beyond the Bush presidency” and keep U.S. troops in Iraq beyond the U.N. mandate: "Topics ranged from security in Iraq to Iran’s rising influence in Mideast, but a key item was about crafting a long-term agreement between the U.S. and Iraq, plus a narrower deal to define the legal basis for continued U.S. troop presence. The deal would take the place of a U.N. Security Council resolution that expires in December, the same time Bush will be packing up to leave office." The Bush administration contends that it has “constitutional authority” to “continue combat operations” in Iraq past December without Congress’s authorization.
Fresh from a two-day surprise visit to Iraq, US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Oman late Tuesday for talks set to focus on containing Iran’s influence and curbing its suspect nuclear program…
Not satisfied with their five year War, Cheney’s in Iraq attempting to control what the next Administration does there. It’s hard to imagine an ego so large that he would actively try to strap the next President with his albatross. I suppose the goods news is that he’s worried that they can’t get McCain into the White House. But still, I wonder if anyone has ever attempted such a ploy. It’s hard to even get one’s mind around their notion that they have the "’constitutional authority to ‘continue combat operations’ in Iraq past December without Congress’s authorization." They are saying that their Executive Privilege and Constitutional Authority extends beyond their own term, and trumps the next President’s. And the second report? In spite of overwhelming opposition to intervention in Iran, Cheney bulls ahead undaunted. I suppose that he remains the most dangerous man on the planet. He retains power. He’s set things up so they can claim supreme power without oversight. And he’s still absolutely crazy as hell…
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