Cheney: ' Afghanistan Is a Free Country With a Market Economy

As I write these words, VP Cheney is addressing the Manhattan Institute -- probably one of the decreasing number of places where he will not be booed off the stage. I am not sure that this quote is exact, but it is the fox News subhead -- apparently the only outlet carrying Cheney in competition with a tense White House briefing with you know whom.

For the record Afghanistan has once again become the world's number one 'free trader' and supplier of heroin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2814861.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3704878.stm

The country apparently is on the verge of rebellion against our occupation, as we have largely neglected it in favor of our war on Iraq.

And so it goes.
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