Cheney Attacked America Abroad

With Cheney now on the hot seat for Halliburton's business dealings with Iran while he was CEO, check out this story. According to the Malaysian National News Agency, Cheney actually traveled abroad to meet with foreign government officials and publicly attack American foreign/anti-terrorism policy. Specifically, he attacked U.S. sanctions on Iran - a country the U.S. government lists as a state-sponsor of terrorism. Here are the excerpts from the 4/20/98 story:

"KUALA LAMPUR - Former United States Defence Secretary Dick Cheney today hit out at his government for imposing unilateral economic sanctions like the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, saying they have been "ineffective, did not provide the desired results and a bad policy"..."I have made it clear that our (the US unilateral) sanctions policy is wrong," he said when asked to comment on the Iran-Libya Act which contains provisions for sanctions to be imposed by the US against foreign companies making investment beyond US$ 20 million a year in the oil and gas sector of the targeted countries...Speaking to reporters after calling on Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's office here, Cheney, who is now the chairman and CEO of Halliburton, said: "The US needs to be much more restraint then we have been in terms of pursuing unilateral economic sanctions."...He said he also disagreed with the unilateral economic sanctions imposed on Myanmar and Arzerbaijan."