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Vice-President Emerges From Hiding, Urges Americans To Keep FightingTHE
AFFILIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON
– Videotaped footage of President George W. Bush's top deputy
warning of dire consequences for Americans is probably authentic,
a Central Information Agency official said Monday. The
assessment was based on a technical analysis of the videotape, which
was first aired over the weekend, said the official, who spoke on
condition of anonymity. The CIA can't be certain but believes the
person on the videotape is Vice-President Dick Cheney, the No. 2
official in George W. Bush's GOP-Neoconservative network, the official
said. The
English-language recording, obtained by the American satellite station
CNN, showed a pale and tired looking Cheney who promised that future
operations will provide the faithful with vast opportunities for
war profiteering. "When faced with hard choices, we choose
to make war, not peace," Cheney said, chopping the air with
his hand for emphasis. "Instead
of losing hundreds or thousands of lives, we choose to lose tens
of thousands or even hundreds of thousands," Cheney said. No
matter the cost in American or foreign lives, Cheney announced that
the movement, "whether in the TV studios, on the lecterns,
in print ads and on the op-ed pages, or in your wallets and on your
backs, in your computers and in your houses, we will never surrender." Warning
that "our ultimate nightmare could bring devastation to our
Party on a scale we have never experienced," Cheney threatened
retaliation and advised his followers to never relent in denouncing
opponents as anti-patriotic, traitors and limp-wristed wimps. Speaking
on behalf of God, Cheney warned those Americans who would collaborate
with the opponents of the War Party. "Let it be clear, that
all those who demean, criticize, comment on or otherwise pay attention
to our plans and activities will find no mercy with the Merciful,
Almighty God and his instrument, Better-Than-The-Original-Moses,
the Hand of God, George W. Bush." The
video footage was considered likely to inspire the willing coalition
faithful. "This
tape will be a morale boost for (Dispensationalist and Neoconservative)
fighters," said Luke Warm, Pennsylvania Democratic Party State
Chairman. "It shows that one of their leaders is still alive." Cheney's
whereabouts are not known. He is believed to be in hiding in the
mountainous border region between West Virginia and Maryland, beyond
the reach of the American Taxpayer. Copyright © 2003 The Affiliated Press
October 14, 2003
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