1. "I've heard occasional speculation that I'm a different man after 9/11. I wouldn't say that, but I'll freely admit that watching a
coordinated, devastating attack on our country from an underground bunker at the White House can affect how you view your responsibilities."
How is this a punch landed to obama's jaw?
Cheney says 9/11 really didn't change him. How cold and soulless is he? Everyone I know has been drastically changed forever due to 9/11 and we
didn't get to HIDE in a bomb proof, radiation proof, chemical proof, self sustaining bunker surrounded by military personnel.
2. "The first attack on the World Trade Center was treated as a law- enforcement problem, with everything handled after the fact: arrests,
indictments, convictions, prison sentences, case closed."
And?
3. "By presidential decision last month, we saw the selective release of documents relating to enhanced interrogations. This is held up as a bold
exercise in open government, honoring the public's right to know.
Which you failed to do during your own administration.
We're informed as well that there was much agonizing over this decision.
Shows the mark of a good leader.
Yet somehow, when the soul searching was done and the veil was lifted on the policies of the Bush administration, the public was given less than
half the truth."
Care to be specific?
4. "It's hard to imagine a worse precedent filled with more possibilities for trouble and abuse than to have an incoming administration
criminalize the policy decisions of its predecessor.
Unless the predecessor is indeed a criminal. Nobody is above the law including you mr. cheney.
Apart from doing a serious injustice to intelligence operators and lawyers, who deserve far better for their devoted service, the danger here is a
loss of focus on national security and what it requires."
Not at all. We prosecute war criminals in the US.
5. "We had a lot of blind spots after the attacks on our country, things we didn't know about al Qaeda. We didn't know about al Qaeda's plans,
but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a few others did know. And with many thousands of innocent lives potentially in the balance, we did not think it made
sense to let the terrorists answer questions in their own good time, if they answered them at all."
So let's torture them??? That's what cheney is saying here. Oh and did he forget about the part where interrogators were able to get large
quantities of reliable intel by simple interviews? Why didn't cheney mention that little fact?
And what exactly did they find out from him from torture that saved lives mr. cheney??? why not tell us that either?
6. "On his second day in office, President Obama announced he was closing the detention facility at Guantanamo.
Oh you mean the illegal foreign prison where you held individuals indefinitely and without any semblance of due process?
This step came with little deliberation, and no plan. Now the president says some of these terrorists should be brought to American soil for
trial in our court system.
Sounds fair since we're imposing US law on them, they should be able to utilize it for their defense.
Others, he says, will be shipped to third countries; but so far, the United States has had little luck getting other countries to take hardened
terrorists."
You didn't seem to have a problem shipping them to third countries to be tortured. Even the innocent ones that were kidnapped.
7. "The administration has found that it's easy to receive applause in Europe for closing Guantanamo,
You know why? Because it's the right thing to do.
but it's tricky to come up with an alternative that will serve the interest of justice and America's national security."
Hard decisions are rarely easy. If you can't figure that out, you should never have been vice president of anything let alone the US.
8. "If fine speechmaking, appeals to reason, or pleas for compassion had the power to move them, the terrorists would long ago have abandoned the
field."
Isn't that what you're doing now? If you're implying obama shouldn't do it but it's ok for you, what does that make you, besides a traitor and
war criminal?
9. "It's worth recalling that ultimate power of declassification belongs to the president himself.
Good point so why didn't the bush administration have the integrity to utilize it?
President Obama has used his declassification authority to reveal what happens in the interrogation of terrorists. Now let him use that same
power to show Americans what did not happen thanks to the good work of our intelligence officials."
Why didn't you before your administration ended? If something did not happen because you had someone tortured, why didn't you release the same info
you're asking him to release now? Let me answer that for you. Because there isn't any to release.
10. "To the very end of our administration, we kept al-Qaeda terrorists busy with other problems.
Oh you mean killing our troops? Good job ass clown !!!
We focused on getting their secrets instead of sharing ours with them.
Such as? I know, we should just take your word for it right? Because you've been such a bastion of truth......oooohhhh pllleeeaaseeee !
And on our watch, they never hit this country again.
How long did 9/11 take to plan? Quite a long time. Why not tell us exactly how many attempts you foiled since attacks didn't happen on your watch.
Ever think that maybe they just weren't ready and you got lucky.
After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7- 1/2 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less
criminalized."
Ah this is where he tips his hat that he's worried about being prosecuted for his role in this debockle .
Dick Cheney is a true Patriot.
Maybe if we're talking about being a patriot to al queda but not an American patriot. Our patriots don't try to dismantle our Constitution and
commit war crimes.
If the GOP is looking for leadership and guidance they don't have to look any further than this man right here.
I don't think the GOP wants this kind of leadership. I understand that the New nazi party is hiring however. He should submit a resume. With all
his qualifications, he should be able to climb through the ranks rather quickly.
