Dick Is At It Again

Our illustrious Vice-President is putting words in the President's mouth again.  In an interview on Friday, Mr. Cheney stated that if Iran refused to give up its pursuit of a nuclear weapons program, the the United States would be forced to take "stronger action."

This response by Cheney comes on the same day that the U.S. agreed to drop its objections to Iran joining the World Trade Organization and that Britain and the E.U. threatened Iran with economic sanctions.  It seems that the United States, Britain, and the European Union are finally speaking with one voice in efforts to use diplomacy and U.N. sanctions to convince Iran to end its weapons ambitions; and then, out of left field, the former leader of the Project for the New American Century speaks up to say that the U.S. may just have to get tough with Iran.

Remember that it was a speech by Cheney that began the drive for War on Iraq.  Just as Colin Powell was making his arguments to Bush in private about the importance of using diplomacy in dealing with Iraq, V.P. Cheney gave a major policy speech that seemed to blindside the President -- at least according to Bob Woodard in his book, Plan of Attack.