{"id":15906,"date":"2012-03-12T19:26:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15906"},"modified":"2012-03-12T19:26:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T23:26:53","slug":"canada-not-safe-for-dick-cheney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/canada-not-safe-for-dick-cheney\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada not safe for Dick Cheney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15907\" title=\"Dick Cheney\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Dick-Cheney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"127\" \/>In 2008, security considerations didn\u2019t prevent Cheney from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/23667595\/ns\/world_news-mideast_n_africa\/t\/push-political-unity-cheney-visits-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">visiting Iraq<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/23719849\/ns\/world_news-south_and_central_asia\/t\/cheney-nato-must-do-more-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a>. In 2012, he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2012\/03\/12\/toronto-dick-cheney-cancels-visit.html?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled a visit to Canada<\/a> because of \u201csecurity concerns\u201d. Oh Canada!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled a Canadian speaking appearance due to security concerns sparked by demonstrations during a visit he made to Vancouver last fall, the event promoter said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, whom the protesters denounced as a war criminal, was slated to talk about his experiences in office and the current American political situation at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on April 24.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ryan Ruppert, of Spectre Live Corp., said Cheney and his daughter Elizabeth had begged off via their agent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After speaking with their security advisers, they changed their mind on coming to the event,&#8221; Ruppert said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(They) decided it was better for their personal safety they stay out of Canada.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, security considerations didn\u2019t prevent Cheney from visiting Iraq or Afghanistan. In 2012, he cancelled a visit to Canada because of \u201csecurity concerns\u201d. Oh Canada! Former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney has cancelled a Canadian speaking appearance due to security &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/canada-not-safe-for-dick-cheney\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[671],"class_list":["post-15906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-speech-2","tag-dick-cheney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}