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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Picture of the Day - 2

















Meanwhile Dick Cheney makes a hawkish speech on Iran from the 100 degree hangar deck of USS Stennis.

Terror threats, carefully crafted military backdrops....They're going back to the old gameplan.

(Vice President Dick Cheney greets sailors and Marines during a rally on board the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in In the Persian Gulf, Friday, May 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert))

Oh, and notice it's a "rally," not a speech.

2 Comments:

  • Wasn't the Mission Accomplished Ship the USS Abraham Lincoln? Same modus operandi alright.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:48 PM  

  • Oh, I think you're right.

    I thought I read that in one of the stories on the speech.

    I'll pull it out

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:18 PM  

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