Thursday, May 04, 2006

VP Dick Cheney tells Russia it’s backsliding on Democracy and blackmailing its neighbors

You go Mr. VP!!!
When is the last time you saw the Vice President have such a forceful speech and not have the MSM jump all over him for it...?

Yeah... me either...
AubreyJ.........


Read more on the VP’s speech below:
>>> washingtonpost.com...
... At a European democracy conference in Lithuania yesterday, Vice President Cheney accused Russia of "unfairly and improperly" restricting the rights of its people and using oil and gas as "tools of intimidation or blackmail" against neighboring countries...
U.S. Warns Russia to Act More Like A Democracy

>>> online.wsj.com...
... Mr. Cheney's remarks amplified tensions that have been brewing for more than a year. The Kremlin has bridled at Washington's support for pro-Western countries in the former Soviet Union, and Mr. Putin has tightened his grip on the energy sector at a time when the U.S. hoped Russia would become a reliable alternative supplier to the unstable Middle East....
Cheney Turns Up Rhetorical Heat on Putin

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