The Cabal's First Casualty: Libby Indicted, Cheney in Trouble

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http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1029-30.htm

Published on Saturday, October 29, 2005 by the Progressive
The Cabal's First Casualty: Scooter Libby Indicted, Resigns; Cheney in Trouble
by Matthew Rothschild


The indictment of Scooter Libby on five felony charges marks the fall of one of the founding members of the cabal that has hijacked U.S. foreign policy.

In 1992, Libby, along with Paul Wolfowitz, while both were working for then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, came up with a draft Defense Policy Guidance document.

This draft was so hawkish that then-President George H.W. Bush demanded that it be withdrawn. But it basically sketched the outlines of the current Bush policy.

The document said it was imperative that the United States deter “potential competitors from even aspiring to a larger regional or global role,” and it endorsed a policy of “preemptive military intervention.” It scorned the U.N., and it said the U.S. should use military power to protect “access to vital raw materials, primarily Persian Gulf oil.”......

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1. The only time I've seen Cheney in real trouble

was during Bush's re-selection campaign. There were some rumours floating around that Bush was going to dump Cheney. Cheney was seen as "too old", or a liability because of his tarnished reputation. He has health problems; he's had 4 heart attacks. He's had a quadruple bypass surgery. I believe there's a hole in his aorta which the doctors were not able to fix.

Small wonder. Who would want that ogre as a running mate. Cheney tried to look brave. But he was really scared and the photos showed it. He and Lynne made appearances to show that Cheney was really OK. They looked tense, frightened.

That was the first time they looked like they were at the mercy of events, and not the other way around.

I'll be looking to see their facial expressions this time around. They might give us some clues.