Really.
From a “radio interview”:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060120-1.html today:
Do you believe there are ties between the Iranian regime and al Qaeda, Mr. Vice President?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I wouldn’t put it in those terms. I think you’ve got to remember that the al Qaeda organization is primarily made up of radical Sunni Islamists, of course, and the Iranian regime is Shia-dominated — Shia. So there’s not a natural fit there. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t been relationships over the years, but I don’t believe it’s close. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
Note the contrast to Cheney’s “recent departure from reality RE: Iraq and al-Qaeda”:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060111-5.html, which contained this bit of genius:
bq. …a lot of those documents that were captured over there that have not yet been evaluated offer additional evidence that, in fact, there was a relationship that stretched over many years between Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda organization.
No need to evaluate documents when you already have the answer…
Cheney’s just being honest. There is not an established link between Iran and al-Qaeda. There is, however, a partnership between Iran and Syria, and a partnership between both of them with all sorts of Palestinian terrorism plus Hezbollah.
al-Qaeda has also moved from Iraq into Jordan and now into southern Lebanon and they have made inroads into Gaza.
They may not be working hand in hand yet – but the weekend analysis on VitalPerspective.com makes me think that if/when Iran gets the bomb, they may bring all of the extremists and terrorists under its protection.
Slippery, thats what this devil is. One answer one time, and another when it fits. Liers.