Le monde enchanté de Dick Cheney

Il est vrai que Dick Cheney ne cesse de surprendre par l’audace de ses appréciations de la situation en Irak. Il semble qu’il faille désormais considérer que le vice-président des Etats-Unis se trouve dans un univers qui lui est propre, dont lui seul connaît les règles et les enchantements.

Claude Salhani, de UPI, qui rapporte la dernière en date des appréciations de Dick Cheney, montre quelque irritation sarcastique.

«Replying to a question on a radio talk show Vice President Dick Cheney said he believes the war in Iraq is going “remarkably well.” The follow up question should have been ‘who is it going well for?’.

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»Still, Vice President Cheney during an interview Thursday on Rush Limbaugh's radio show was asked to respond to mounting frustration at how the war was progressing.

»“I think there's some natural level of concern out there because in fact, you know, it wasn't over instantaneously. It's been a little over three years now since we went into Iraq, so I don't think it's surprising that people are concerned,” said the vice president.

»“On the other hand, this government has only been in office about five months, five or six months now. They're off to a good start. It is difficult, no question about it, but we've now got over 300,000 Iraqis trained and equipped as part of their security forces. They've had three national elections with higher turnout than we have here in the United States. If you look at the general overall situation, they're doing remarkably well.”

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»It is doubtful that the troops in Iraq who are coming under increasing attack from insurgents would agree with the vice president's assessment of the situation.”

Mis en ligne le 21 octobre 2006 à 09H26