Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administration’s focus on Iraq did not lead to the disintegration of Afghanistan, in an interview with Politico Monday.
In a 90-minute interview Cheney said Obama’s “agonizing” about Afghanistan strategy “has consequences for your forces in the field.”
“I begin to get nervous when I see the commander in chief making decisions apparently for what I would describe as small ‘p’ political reasons, where he’s trying to balance off different competing groups in society,” Cheney said.
“Every time he delays, defers, debates, changes his position, it begins to raise questions: Is the commander in chief really behind what they’ve been asked to do?”
On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer took aim at Dick Cheney’s comments.
“Here’s a guy without much experience, who campaigned against much of what we put in place … and who now travels around the world apologizing,” Cheney told the newspaper. “I think our adversaries — especially when that’s preceded by a deep bow … — see that as a sign of weakness.”
“Frankly, they turned tail,” Hoyer responded. “I get pretty angry when I hear the vice president talk about something they didn’t finish.”
What do you think of Cheney’s comments?
Dick Cheney Slams President Obama Over Afghanistan
Cheney, of the 5 military deferments, who played with our military like he was back in his sandbox with playtoy army men, now a crow on the wire berating attempts to re-establish ties with the rest of the countries on this planet. He’s really, at his core, not very intelligent or authoritative about anything he’s been speaking about.
hey all you liberal idiots. Obama is doing the same thing Bush did> Surge baby Surge ! the only time Obama looks presidential is when he follows a Bush doctrine.
Cheney has so much to answer for while in office…how dare he even criticize anybody else.
He and ex pres Bush should be put on a horse. given a
six shooter and ship them to Iraq where they belong!…to finish what they alone started!
Frank: you’re an idiot
Frank that really is a poor comment You have no idea what you are talking about
VP. Cheney is absolutely correct! Obamanation is out to destroy the good ole USA. He’s ruined life for my grandkids by the deficit spending! He’s shown the world he can’t make an appropriate fast decision. I hope all you liberal democrats can suck it up. Gov. Palin had more experience at running a state than this know-it-all nothing! He hadn’t done any governing. He’s just like another reality TV show.
You sir are an idiot!
And you sound like Dick Cheney. Running at the mouth without any facts to back up what your saying. Period!
James: it is the liberals who flagrantly lie and distort the truth on a daily basis. Get a life and take heed to your own words. The truth is the truth and can’t be washed away like you democrats want to do.
You absolutely know nothing about cheney or bush, get a life you moroon. My country is being sold down the river under our socialist president “OBAMA” who did nothing as a senator in washington, he’s a disgrace to AMERICA
You, like Cheney, have a lot to learn Kent. A republican by the name of Herber Hoover put us in a 10 year depression and it took massive government spending to get us out of it. If you calculate the cost of WW2 it comes to over 3 trillion 2009 dollars. Now you want Obama to resolve the current crisis in 3 months with very little government spending. If more people would support our President instead of trying to crucify him at every turn this country would be a lot better off. You never mentioned that the National debt doubled during the Bush administration.
Who is Herber ?
You are so dead on about Hoover and the plight of our current President.
Oh Kent…
It’s guys like you that reinforce the reasons I voted for Obama in the first place. I can see you firmly believe the things you say, but it’s sad and scary knowing that’s really the way you feel…because it’s WRONG…and it’s IGNORANT, and if you had half the brains of a TODDLER, you’d KNOW it. Wake up and smell the hypocrisy, Kent!
Ron-
Your comment was spiked with name calling and your point of view, but not one shred of truth,proof, or insight as to why we should consider your argument. C’mon man, bring something more compelling than name calling.
Fast decisions are usually wrong decisions. These are people lives he has to deal with, why should he act fast? Obama is just trying to get out of a big problem Bush put us into, inturn the start of the deficit spending.
Yeah, Palin might do a better job…if she doesn’t quit before her term is up.
I proud to say I voted for the president. He hasn’t ruined life for your grandchildren. The former administration that kept us in a war that has cost hundreds of American lives, cost trillions of dollars, hasn’t made a single American safer, except maybe from Saddam, did that. Oh wait, those weapons of mass destruction didn’t materialize. China now holds the mortagage on our country thanks to years of borrowing and selling our debt to them. BTW, I’m not a liberal democrat.I have actually voted Republican…for Ronald Reagan.
Ruined our nation?? Do you believe all of the problems came about in the last 11 months? What cave have you been living in for all of Bushes-Cheney years? Do you know what the Iraq war alone has cost us in lives and money? Not to even mention Afghanistan.
Can’t we agree to disagree without all the bad language and insults? Can’t we all just get along? And you wonder why there are so many wars? Listen to yourselves people. Life is too short for all this hate.
kent
when you slames obama you must be drunk and smocking pot. cheny is the last guy totalk about destrution .cheneyu he did a very good job since he was in officefor the last 8 years cheney should be in prison where he belongs.but hell probley get a job at fox with alll the other losers
I agree with Kent, this presidency has just been a huge charade since its inception. A total reality T.V. gimmick. Ten bucks says there will be a reality show in ’11 titled, “The Race to the White House” starring guess who? I think its to be pitted against that “Amazing Race” show!
Kent: you are an idiot to even make that statement, and you are even a bigger idiot to compare Palin to Obama. What planet are you from?
Consider the source….
what else would darth say–now that he finally does talk.. couldnt get a word out before, could we
i believe Cheney hates black people and that Cheney is racist.
byron
you are an idiot!!
thank you!!! and you are racist as well ytet.
i think that this man should keep his month shut. for 8 years he had very little to say and now he sounds like a angry old fool that talks too much.
linda48
I also believe that the former vice president hates the fact that a black man can be, and currently is the most powerful man in the world and that there isn’t one thing in the world that he can do about it, so he finds reason to both, find fault and to criticize the current administration for what the previous administration started.
would you please get over your blackness. makes me wanna puke! the way I see it our enemey has a friend in the White house now.
patriot,
just make sure that after the big vomit by yourself, either lick it or clean it, ok???!!!
patriot:
just keep in mind that with your complete ignorance to all of this, you havent figured it out that that our enemy was in the white house for 8 years. gee are you stupid!!!!
byron
you sound like the racist to me!!!
ytet,
why would i have to be the racist when im the only one being truthful? you sound like you hate black people too; hmmm which means you voted for bush/cheney as well as for mccain. go figure!!!!
one thing to add …… “1/2″ black !!
I do not agree – it is not a black thing or a white thing – the fact is everyone is entitled to an opinion which everyone needs to stop spinning the racist card – enough already – enough
YOU ARE A REAL DICK ARENT YOU DICK? YOU SHOULD SHUT THE F–K-UP, YOU AND YOUR PUPPPET HAD YOUR CHANCE TO FIX THINGS BUT YOU TWO F–KED THAT UP, OH YEA WE ALL KNOW YOU HAD HALLIBURTON ON YOUR MIND AND NOT THE BEST FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING YOUR WAR.
BY THE WAY I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS KILLED IN IRAC AND I STILL HAVE TO WONDER WHAT HE DIED FOR, HALLIBURTON???
Don’t you begin feeling that Dick Cheney deserves the title, “Mr. Poor Taste”. Plus he is so ‘off base’ in his thinking. Other countries and their people always loved Americans….they just couldn’t stand our government. That is changing now. There is MUTUAL RESPECT. Something Cheney just doesn’t understand because he is so very politically motivated
two wrongs don’t make a right but for sure both are wrong…
The former Vice President and Rumsfeld should be tried for crimes against humanity and treason. It was their doing that got us into this mess to begin with. Talk about failure to plan, they actually thought the Iraqi’s would be dancing in the streets when we entered their country.
CAN YOU SAY ( LOSER) WE CAN!
Like it or not Cheney is right on. You don’t tell the enemy what you are going to do in advance. Major stupid! Build up then pull out, sounds like a psss poor porno film. Ask anyone in the military. Those fine folks have to do the job for this inexperienced liberal dolt who is licking every political boot simultaniously.
Cheney is only looking to run for president…he is one
of the reasons we are in this economic turm oil. and I
can preach all I want but you people with tunnel vision won’t accept the fact that we as a nation
must work together… get back on our feet and continue
to be the strong nation that we are. The other countries are laughing at us not as democrats or republicans but as a group of people that can’t get
along…which in return makes the U S A look weak>
I am a neighbor to the EX VP and know his attitude, record etc. very well. ” When Cheney is right-he is right–when cheney is wrong-he is right and if you do not like it” F-you”. This has been his attitude for years and when our Congressmam it was O>K>, but not since then He is such a Facist-only the exec branch was right under “W” , to Hell with any one else- that he showed his contempt to all. He not only did not carry his County in 2004, but also his precinct!! His policy failed and so did he-so it is time for him to fade away!!!
I agree with Dick Cheney. I guess when Obama and his administration does all the same type of thing because it is “the right thing to do”, period, and not just the “politically right thing to do”, everyone will realize Dick Cheney is not as bad as everybody, sorry I mean “the media” sais he is.
Of course you can spend you’re whole time in office just blaming George Bush and Dick Cheney. Hey does Dick Cheney have anything to do with this stuff about Tiger Woods and David Letterman!
Dick Cheney and George Bush couldnt be honest with the public while in office. Anything brought up created by the Bush administration, Cheney reacts and every time he does his foot winds up in his mouth. Cheney you need to silence yourself and your daughter. Both are obsolete.
You are so right about Foot-in-his-mouth Cheney. For so long he was Bush’s ventriloguist, and now he’s acting as the dummy and Bush surrogate. What a role reversal. Bush was yanked from the stage. It’s time to give Cheney the hook, too. His phoney act is over and he has nothing important or truthful to say.
All this silly bickering back & forth, left right, Dem, Rep., etc. etc…. This country is divided in 2, split right down the middle, what do u think is going to happen sooner than later. Or do some of you still think America is still too big & powerful & sustainable @ the rate it’s going & won’t eventually crack & fold .!!!
one of the great things about our democracy is that we can vote incompetent political leaders out of office. But then again, why were they elected into office in the first place. A political science professor of mine during the 70s’ used to say that it’s because “the masses are asses”. Umn, President Palin anyone?
Cheney was VP because Cheney was in charge of selecting Bush’s running mate. Talk about feeding your own self interest. Then he took on the role of Edgar Bergen and channeled his words through Bush’s mouth. Now, having done all he could to destroy the country during Bush’s eight years in office, he continues his destructive work by slamming our president at every opportunity. If you don’t loathe this guy you must be dead.
Obama is trying to clean up what the Bush administration failed to do. You can also blame them for the budget deficit, or did it just happen overnight? We should have been building up Afghanistan in 2003 instead of Iraq. Oh yes, I forgot, we were trying to find those pesky little WMD, which of course, was a bigger and more important mission than Bin Laden. The American people should feel like Harry Whittington, getting it in the face from Cheney.
Wow…another website full of idiots.
Former VP Cheney is doing revisionist history as if the American public cannot discern this and that it’s filled with his lies. His venemous regard for President Obama is quite evident, however it’s not Pres. Obama’s fault that he, Pres. Bush and Rumsfield got it wrong and did wrong by getting America into the unjustified Iraq war. If you notice, he’s the lone voice from that administration, the others know that silence is the best policy.
What ever we do, don’t give the new Tricky Dick a gun! I also must say that even if OUR President did everything perfectly correct Tricky Dick would complain anyway. It’s in his DNA. Heaven’s it must be a burden to be perfect!
Obama hasn’t gotten one thing right yet. Atleast Cheney and Bush won the war in Iraq. Everything was atleast stable in afganistan when the Bush administration left office, it gotten worse after Obama took office. Why? because he done nothing but completely ignore the war and our soldiers fighting over there. I love how people back a 1 term senetor with no military experience over a 3 star general…lol…amazing.
OMG…..If this comment was not so ignorant it would be amusing..
Obama is a terrorist cell waiting for orders.
As for economy, bulk of blame goes to Slick Willie (Clinton)
“Two separate United States laws are known as the Glass-Steagall Act. The Acts (Glass & Steagall) were both reactions of the U.S. government to cope with the economic problems which followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Both bills were sponsored by Democratic Senator Carter Glass of Lynchburg, Virginia, a former Secretary of the Treasury, and Democratic Congressman Henry B. Steagall of Alabama, Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency….
On November 12, 1999, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. One impact of this repeal is that certain advisory activities of the banks are now regulated by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act
Clinton’s deregulation of these oversight/regulatory acts affecting the banking industry helped spur on this sub-prime fiasco and the simultaneous ‘self dealing’ through affiliates both foreign and domestic.
Can you say third anti-christ !!!!!!!!!
You didn’t even know Cheney was in office until he shot his hunting buddy. Now all he does is run his mouth on what President Obama is doing wrong. At least Bush is smart enough to keep his mouth shut. Cheney is just making himself look more stupid every time he spouts off.
Once again we hear from someone who when in power,thought that the best foreign policy,was to alienate everyone else,and still does. That Cheney is not being tried for war crimes,leaves me and any right thinking American,baffled.If the media would just ignore his rants,we would all just be better off!
I agree with Kent
Obama himself during his campiagn said this is the fight that needs to be won. Did he say that without a plan himself? He was breifed on all national security issue the day he go into office. Goes to tell you he really doesn’t care about the tropps on the group (that why he voted no to help fund the wars). Obama never has served in the military, if anything his politcal party has done nothing but try to sabotage the wars. How does it take him 5 months to make a decision about afganistan, but he can blow a trillion dollars in a week? As commander-in-chief and lives on the line, you do not have the luxury to take your time on issues of war. Also after 5 months of talking about this, he still doesn’t have a plan on how to win the war. Maybe once the telepromter tellshim, he will know.
Hey Mike, It’s curious to me that you keep harping on the fact that Obama didn’t serve in the military while apparently ignoring the fact that Cheney got defements time and again during Vietnam. I’m interested in how you reconcile this position? I never held it against Cheney for not wanting to go but I never could figure out how he then claimed that he “supported” that war. He seems pretty brave when it comes to risking other peoples lives. As far as Obama taking time to make a decision things like the Afghan elections and the legitimacy of the government we’re working with have to be considered. If all you want if for Obama to send more troops over there, he already increased our numbers by 10,000 some time ago.
Why to we continue to validate Cheney? What he thinks simply does not matter.
Mr. Cheney be quiet and let the President clean up the mess you made.
Deb,
I think you need to send your president for a training and learn how to clean up first.
Liberal democrats and Obamamautons are the ones who don’t get the facts right. I will say upfront that Bush didn’t do much to help the economy but Higgy’s post up above has it right. Clinton did not do anything to help the economy while he was in office and he defintely screwed the pooch for us all when he signed the Graham-Leach-Blilely act. Regardless of whether you agree with the war or not something HAD to be done in response to 9-11 and Bush did what he could to rectify that. Obama either doesn’t have a clue or he is trying to de-rail our country either way it just sucks for America.
You’re right that Bush had to respond after 9/11 but then he left the job unfinished and moved on to Iraq. You’re also right that Clinton helped hose us by signing the bill to repeal Glass-Steagel. To be fair thought he had help from the Republicans. All three of people that bill is named after were R’s.
Dick had his chance for 8 years to “fix” this mess & did nothing but pull down a statue & have his own VP land on a Carrier & declare “Mission Accomplished”. Now he is all knowing & after years of silence can’t say enough of how things are so bad. This Pres. has had 9 months on his watch….Beevis & Butthead had 96 months & left office as this country was crippled with the scandles in both the financial world & economic depression & now blame everyone else for the failures. The left wing blames the right wing & the right wing blames the left wing. I could give a rats ars about either wing but I love the bird & without the “wings working together” the eagle has no chance. Tear down politics to is all either party knows & now the battle cry is “Take back America”. Didn’t the repubs see that is just what happened 1 short year ago. Now if they can blame the Dems. for not saving the world & fixing the mess they left behind & convince voters it’s all the Dems fault, they can grab control & ???? then what. If you have a solution…offer it & get it on the table…are the two sides so blind that they will not listen to any reasonable solution? We independents need to be cautious with who we trust. Niether side has the Countries interest first. It’s their parties interest, Big Buck Supporters second & Country comes in third. You can’t blame Dick for trying to re-write the history books to look favorable on his presidency.
Cheney & Bush should be in jail! I totally agree with Pres. Obama with regard to going ‘back’ after Bin Laden after 9-11. Bush & Cheney completely side-tracked the main issue, after the hi-jacking of those planes with the horrible & tragic loss of so many wonderful Americans. An act of agression upon the US that was unprovoked & completely traumatic to our nation. Unfortunately, many across the nation ‘forget’ how bad it really was. Those of us who live in the NYC area & surrounding communities, including NJ, will NEVER forget. My husband & I walked the streets around ground zero right afterward. It was like the movie Schindlers List. Everything had a wierd beige/grey ash-like, film covering it. Then we saw a red rose someone had laid on an NYPD police car that was parked on a side street a block away, with its windows blown out, that ash covering it. It was surreal. We have to serve justice. Bravo Pres. Obama!
well dick and george know all about pimping the american people were biggest hoes
president is trying to fix a mess that was left by not one but three onion heads bush,cheney and rumsfield by the way rumsfield is smart he keeps his mouth shut cheney won,t,he just take a buddy hunting get drunk and shoots him oops!
Cheney is correct regarding the war,the current administration is more focused on their march toward Marxism. The weakening of the US is their objective which will further the decline of our previously prosperous society. It’s all about control of all aspects of society and taking of our individual liberty.
Right on Dwight. It amazes me how many people are ignorant about what is happening in and to our country. History is a good indicator of what will become of this country if we follow this President on his path of Socialism and Marxism.
Obama is a terrorist cell waiting for orders.
What’s a Cheney? And why does anyone care?
Dick Cheney is angry that a black man runs a white America. I think he is so dump and arrogant to remember that his admistration presented false evidence to the U.N which set in motion all this mess. I find it interesting no one is criticizing him. And don’t forget he is on the payroll of the biggest contractor in iraq. WHAT A THIEF U ARE MR.DICK.
I find it interesting that nobody brings up a “No-Bid” contract that Bill Clinton gave to Halliburton to do business in Bosnia. The fact of the matter is no other company in the world does what Halliburton does. Democrats are backed by labor unions and the last time I checked, Halliburton doesn’t employ Union labor. A Union worker will not build bridges or buildings with bullets flying over their heads. Why don’t you liberals wake up and smell the coffee? When did being a “World Power” become something you should be embarassed of?
Above all the people that shouldn’t talk about this country is Dick elmer fud Cheney! Dont you think you did enough damage to this country. No respect for your president. And you considered yourself an american for the people.Your just another politician that does not care about your countrymen you only care about money and YOUR people! Get a life, go hunting for wabbitts!!
Hey Dick,
You should’nt be slamming anybody. It is because of you and that glorified puppet, that we are in the mess that we are in. Quite frankly you barely existed when you were VP. And as for the present you are a non matter. Let the new administration pick up the pieces and try to put them back together. God knows they cannot do any worse then you and that empty headed muppet. Hey Dick! Hers something to ponder, Relish that you and Simpleton will go down as the WORST adminstration of all time. Thanks for nothing! Now Shut Up.!!!!!!!!!
MR DICK WHEN OTHER PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STACK CAREFULL CONSIDERATIONS ARE WARRENTED WHEN YOU ARE SMART AND WISE LIKE OUR CURRENT LEADER. YOU DID NOT SERVE NEITHER DID THAT DAUGHTER OF YOURS. ALSO FROM YOUR RANTING IT IS CLEAR U DO NOT FEEL THE PAIN OF THOSE BRAVE PARENTS THAT SEND THEIR KIDS TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY U HAVE BEEN PIMPING ALL ALONG.
Bush and Cheney bankrupted this country in the 8 years they were in power and left the worst mess any president in history has had to deal with. President Obama may appear to be hesitant, but I sincerely think he is a decent man who is trying to clean up this horrible mess. I don’t agree with sending more of our young men into war but if it gets the job done, fine.
I think Mr. Cheney should crawl back into the hold under that big rock and stay there. He should shut his mouth or the people of this country will do it for him. He is not very intelligent and still believes we are listening to him.
Shame on you Mr. Cheney. Why don’t you get together with Mrs. Palin. Perhaps between the two of you you could produce an idiot.
Nancy,
Why don’t you do a little research before blowing your mouth off. Look at the markets for all of the 8 years Bush was president. Not just the last 6 months he was in office. I am a financial analysist and I can tell you “you have no clue what your talking about.” And a President doesn’t Bankrupt a Country you idiot… It’s obvious by your rant that your distaste for Sarah Palin could be caused by”
1. You’re a ugly, unsuccessful woman “I bet on this one!”
2. You’re a diehard Liberal “Can’t really accept the fact that you just got an Unqualified jackass in office.”
3. You’re possibly a Union Worker. “And you’re tld how to think.
4. You’re Black…
Joe,
You cracked me up. You made my day
Dick Cheney and Bush are a big joke, Cheney is a racist, He is a good old boy from the south, he probably belongs to the Klu Klux Klan, what happened when the terrorist hit us on 911, Cheney and Bush were both sitting there with their thumbs up their ass, they did nothing to stop the terrorist and yet they critizice a President who is trying to clean up their mess, we did not go to Iraq for peace we went their for the f……….k oil because Bush wanted to save it for his good old buddies in texas, that is all he cared about, the Republicans put us in the mess that we are in and our new president is just trying to get us out of it. Cheney I am sure that you read the blogs so quit belittling the new president and go play with Bush and his sand toys and keep your mouth shut, you and Bush and Rumsfeld were the worst administration that this country has known since the Nixon era and Watergate…………….
Really?
What about the “Jimmy Carter” era?
Mary, you’re obviously a liberal idiot. Why don’t you go on another website and see if the government can help you with some type of assistance…
mary, you react like a typical negro who is devoid of facts and long on opinion. you appear to have a real hardon for the last administration – you have to ask yourself …why? Did you lose your job at acorn, were you denied welfare, did they cut you off from food stamps??? The great social experiment of a mulatto muslim socialist has failed after less than a year! It may not be too late! “Four or less and out” Save our USA!
Who let cheney out of his dungeon??? He is a MONSTER!
I have no respect for an official that bows to another foreign head. I belive that if we would just stop screwing around in our battles and finish them the problems would be over. Look at the saudi situation, that was beautiful, Around 2 weeks of actual war,1 year of clean up and were done there. Or at least operating there with a skeleton crew training the poor helpless Saudi’s. My son is in the airforce and I am very proud of him, I am also very proud of my country, my liberty’s and freedoms, which are all being slowly stripped away from us, If I had a choice I would gladly offer up my services for my country. I dont care for a fool that refuses to wear an American flag pin, refuses to cover his heart during the pledge of allegance, and makes statements about how the U.S. is no longer a christian nation, Here is your child in a sand box trying to play war and still have everyone love him at the same time. This man is a fool, and when the people who elected finally wake up,I will take joy in laughing my butt off, That is I am still living and our country still stands. You morons that have put this guy in there deserve all that is coming.Cheney has his problems but is an angel when compared to other politicians. I will back Mr. Cheney 100%.Lets get in there and fight to win, end these wars and secure our great Nations borders, before it is too late.
I received nine awards for valor while serving in the Army in Viet Nam. Shooting people is not the way, thank goodnes our president is not quick to follow the advice of generals. General Westmoreland ask former President Johnson for 50,000 more soldiers and got them to what avail. Remember senior soldiers always need soldiers to command and for their jobs. Be wise and don’t relive history, learn from it.
God Bless President Obama and his wisdom.
If Obama would quit blaming all his troubles on the previous administration, there would be no need for Cheney to respond. Trust me, I’m from Chicago, and you folks elected a Chicago politician who learned it the Chicago Way – say one thing and do another. He is a Master Wordsmith. Countries, like fruit, rot from within. I hope we can survive his 1-term administration. All you ars holes didn’t know CHANGE was a code word for SOCIALISM, did you?
Oh yes, what military unit did Obama serve with, ACORN? How about Joe, Harry and Nancy?
Cheney is right obama is nothing more than a trained animal repeating what he has no ability to comprehend.
Seems funny to me that one of the biggest f**kups of all time has come to have one of the biggest mouths of our time. With the job this guy did while in office he should slam anybody huh ?? Shows what kinda idiocy we dealing with here…..Probably the worst V.P in history or at least in our time anyway other than Quale. The only thing worse than this off the wall kook is the goofy a** SOB that believes in him…Never thought a human being with any brains whatsoever could be that stupid….. But in this world there are all kinds i guess and in this case it shows in a huge way !!!!
Anthony, read your own rant…LOL!
anthony-(coolade drinker)Cheney has more experiance and knowledge in his little finger that O’bama will ever have, and look at his VP what a joke. Joe has trouble finding his way to the door.Cheney would never bow down before other world leaders,or go into a war telling our enemys will will leave it two you in 18 months. Complete lack of the world and a disgrace to all americans.He thinks he is spending monoply money,on all his give away’s. I can think of no other president with less knowledge of world or domestic affairs. The man has no clue what he is talking about, just reads what they tell him. Socialist,marxist,community organizer all the same to me,. wake up dude
Right on Dick Cheney, right on!
Cheney is a mean spirited old fart and has been for a long long time. Unfortunately for the country he was the man behind the curtain when his lap dog GW was President by appointment. We are in MUCH better hands now. I don’t care what he says any mre than I care about Rush or any other conservative pinhead.
Wow! It is VERY obvious that Cheneys’ remarks are an ENOURMOUS threat to these liberal tree huggers! If you have a brainstem, you would be able to deduce that a mans’ words WITHOUT political agenda are FAARRR better than a man who is DEEPLY engaged in politics!! Last I checked, Cheney no longer HAS an agenda..doesn’t need one! To this small “p” president I say…YOU COULD AT LEAST SALUTE THE AMERICAN FLAG! If you support this presidents actions….shame on you!
Watch out! Cheney has a gun!!!
He needs to step away from the microphone and dissapear back into the deep hole he crawled out of!!!
GO AWAY,MR. DICK!!!! NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU AGIAN! AND TAKE YOUR LITTLE GUN WITH YOU!!!!!
Commander and cheif? what a laugh, this guy is an embarassment to us all.They had to make the cadets clap for him at his speech last night. they all know he is a weak sister. I just hope this country can make it thru his term. He don’t have a clue what is going on.A lot of leftys are starting to see what they got for thier vote.Good chance he won’t even get thru is 1st term no chance for a second. Worse president we have ever had.
Your nickname suits you!
Maybe if Cheney and Bush had spent a little more time thinking about Iraq, they might have realized that we had no business going there in the first place.
Saddam was a mass murderer at best. Left to his own devices, he wouldve killed many more.
It’s ironic about how much Cheney NOW “cares” about Afghanistan. During the Neo-con tenure in the White House, they had the mentality of ADD retrievers. “Here we are in Afghanistan. (pant, pant). We’re going to find bin Laden and we’re going to….Look! A squirrel in Iraq. Let’s go get it!” And away they went, eventually losing all the gains that had been made there and allowing the Taliban to creep back. If a relentless pressure had been kept up, there’s a good likelihood that Al-Quaeda wouldn’t have been able to build up such a strong safe haven in Pakistan. Nor would they have been able to go to Iraq for the simple reason that Saddam Hussein would never allow another terrorist group to operate in his country since he wanted to be the biggest, baddest guy that everyone was scared of.
FYI of those Far Right nut jobs who hate anyone who isn’t a conservative Republican and have even tired to lay some of the blame of the country’s predicaments as far back as Clinton, I would remind them that when Clinton left office the U.S. had a treasury surplus. But you go on ranting and believing what you want to. Certainly don’t let any facts get in your way. After eight years of the Neo-cons , when they left the White House the surplus was gone and we were in deficit.
However, Haliburton did very well financially. For Cheney, that may even have been one of the primary goals of the war.
P.S. to mary: Cheney isn’t a good ole’ southern boy. He’s from Nebraska and Wyoming. And he never served in the military during Viet Nam. He got 5 military deferments because (to paraphrase his own words) he had more important things to do.
Amen Brother!
babal on BAB, Clinton had surplus because of a republician knuckle head,Regan sit it up with defeating the USSR. Of coarse all you lefty where aginst it.Clinton an other degrace for the american people. You dem’s can’t seem to find a guy that can be a real president. Obama doing the serge just like good ole Bush did now huh? Obama still hasnt admitted that it worked,be willing to send 30,000 more GI to do it.Obama will not do anything unless he checks to see how it works out politically, not what is best for the country. What a loser.If his brain was a big as his ears and mouth we might be able to pull it off. Give us Cheney, Palin any one but Obama biden …………..
Are you an expert in military strategy? Saddam killed off lots of his own people.Does that make him better or different then a terrorist?
hey look here and Dwight, why cant you people use your brain as much as you use your mouth ???? Marxism ???, where do you come up with this goofball crap ??? My guess would be “tokyo rush” or Beck mabey….That pretty much says it all in a nut shell. God gave you people a brain , act like you know what to do with it will ya !!!!!
cheney is correct – obama has not restructured any homeland or other usa security measures bush put in place. could it be that they work. when all is said and for all those that think bush is a buffoon wait till this term is over and see who really is the buffoon. this president is far to inexperienced to handle the world situations we are in or about to be in and his cabinet will sell us out if a heartbeat, clinton as sec. of state has already begun the process. do the background checks and see for yourself. it is in print, read it before opening your mouth about things you believe to be true, get the actual facts.
You idiots!!!!!! The man that you just put in to office is bankrupting this country. This idiotic stimulus spending is ruining us. This money is going to city and state contractors and does very little for total economy, and nothing for every day jobless people, City and state people are the only ones who benefit. We are spending millioms on this crap, that is putting us trillions of dollars in debt. Do you people know how much a trillion dollars is? How about a million? A million days ago Jesus walked the earth. And as long as you idiots get your “free” benefits from the government which it does’nt have the money for and takes it from taxes that we dont have, you are happy in your little make belive world. You people better wake up before it all comes falling down. What idiot came up with the idea of us (taxpayers) paying for health care and welfare for illegal immigrants ? do you people know your history? The Mexican, American war was fought and many Americans died because Mexico wanted to keep Mexico and did’nt anything to do with America. WELL THEY GOT THEIR WAY, now they want to come here and have us support them? And our Government wants to do it??? What can I say? the proof is in your elected officials actions.
Whenever I call someone an idiot, which is very rare, it’s because I’m ignorant. . . .
The issue with Obama is not the color of his skin, but his spiritual beliefs. He is more muslim than
Christian and that makes me wonder what his real
agenda is.
Obama’s fancy words nearly had me convinced as well but thankfully I saw through the dripping honey and did not vote for him. One thing off my conscious.
cheney should be tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged though the streets to the appluase of the American people. He is almost as brainless and arrogant as the his ex-boss. He too stupid to realize he had his chance and blew it big-time and nobody wants to hear from him again. Hopefully, the next time he is in the news, it will be his obituary…
Reality Check 101
1. Rescission of “Glass-Steagall” alone did not cause this recession. The combination of banking deregulation, republican congressional spending, budget-cutting and tax cuts for the rich and corporations; rising personal debt; non-rating of mortgage-backed securities; non-regulation of credit default swaps; predatory lending to mortgagees; and fraudulent & misrepresentative advice to institutional investors (pension funds, municipalities, etc.) created the current financial meltdown and recession.
2. The Bush administration turned budget surplusses into the largest national debt and budget deficit on record. They also destroyed over 7 million jobs, and job losses as a result of their “business-friendly”, anti-labor mismanagment continue.
3. The Bush administration LIED about WMD in Iraq; they knew there were no WMD because U.S. weapon inspectors – who dominated the U.N. inspection teams from 1991 to 2001, even when leadership transferred to Hans Blix – destroyed them all. Bush et. al. had the U.N. reports, which OUR inspectors wrote.
4. Neither Bush, nor Cheney, nor Rumsfeld served in the military; Bush was AWOL for most of his reserve training. Bush will go down in history as the WORST adminstration the U.S. has ever known, for economic, diplomatic, foreign and domestic policy reasons.
5. Far too many people in the U.S. swallow bullshit they don’t really understand, and spit it back out without bothering to use their eyes to read and their brains to think. Some Republican ideas have merit, but most of them are anti-middle class, and therefore destructive. Everthing that the U.S. is originates from the development and growth of our middle class, and the mindless Republican pseudo-philosophy of “less government, less taxes” is nothing more than a self-serving attempt to systematically destroy the middle class.
Cheney and the Republicans hate Obama for the same reasons they hated Bill Clinton. He comes from a poor to middle class background and he was raised by a single mother. Republicains hate poor people. They think if your poor its your own fault and your just lazy.
Wow!……I am getting out of here. When the US has been in Afganistan for 7-10 years I’ll be back with interest to read the posts, that’s if the world doesn’t end in 2012 (LOL). See Ya.
What a gaffe by both of the two largest political parties in the US – a total disregard for experience and a race to the White House through a minority candidate, neither of which was qualified for the job. A boost in morale for the American people, a shot in the gut for the American eminence. Hopefully we’ll have the insight to bring ourselves out of this in 2012….
To Patriot, Obama is not at all doing what Bush did. You can holler Surge all you want ….what Obama is doing is cleaning up the mess Bush left or couldnt finish, Bush never had to deal with someone leaving him a mess…the ecomomy, 2 wars, worst standing in the world ive ever seen….Biggest deficit of all time …..Hell when Bush took office there was a balanced budget and a surplus which disappeard in the 1st 6 months in office with his tax rebate for the rich…But hey, we got $500
Obama is a dope!! He doesn’t have a clue! I’m sure glad I didn’t vote for him. We’re getting just exactly what I expecteD!
I find it very interesting to note that Cheney critizes Obama for taking too long to come to a decision about what to do next to end this war. Had Bush, Cheney, et. al. taken more time to think matters through before they started this war, we probably would be in the position that we’re in. Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Liberal or Conservative, the facts speak for themselves. I think Cheney should take a page out of Bush’s notebook…Sit down, shut up and pray he’s not indicted before he dies.
Why are we discussing Dick Cheney comments. He is irrelevant now and needs to retire.
President Obama is notorious about wavering on important issues. The necessary war(Afghanistan) Obama talked about last year is now the irrelevant war this year. The stimulus was going to take us out of the recession, now he talks about a double-dip recession. His big spending,big government, and high tax policies are going to sink us.I would take Cheney
over Obama any day.
who cares about that country anyway. they should just get the hell out and let them live like cavemen if they want to.
Mike,
Despite what your personal feels are about the president, it you and people like you that voted twice for the last administration. Remember, the current administration is trying to clean up the mess that the Bush/Cheney administration created. Once again, despite what your personal feelings may be, the facts speak for themselves. This country was in pretty good shape before Bush/Cheney took over. In eight years, Bush/Cheney managed to ruin this contry for both the middle class and all but the riches of rich. Beleive me Mike an ounce of prevention is still worth a pound of cure. Take it from me…I really am a doctor!
TELL IT LIKE IT IS FRANK,
You extreme right wing people amaze me. Under the Bush and Cheney administration, America hit the “skids”, this country was almost toast! That’s undeniable and you all have the nerve to trash Obama. Hell, Obama is the ONLY reason we’re not in soup lines!It’s not his spending, nor his politics…fess up.. it’s his skin color, be real about it! Many of you uptight, right wing, closet racist, closet sexist, are just in awe that a Black man is the Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. and Dick Cheney is was one of em! Sorry, it’s a new day.
All you Obama lovers, the war was started by 911 terrorists, not President Bush, take the blinders off please.
Patriot – You are too stupid to konw that the Bush Doctrine refers to preemtive attacks on other countries for things they might do in the future, surging isn’t a Bush Doctrine, it is a policy. You are a flippin’ idiot.
For a man that spent 8 yrs in office it seems to me he had plenty of time to do the things he thinks should be done in Afganistan……8 years !!!! What did he do ????? now he got plenty to say about what someone else should do …..Its the kinda logic that the teabaggers live on and that is exactly why your party is on the outside looking in….Ya told the country at election time its our way or the highway…Well the country told your party to enjoy the ride and you people have been crying like little spoiled brats ever sinse cause you aint gettin your way !!! There is a GOD !!!!!!
TS~~~~ The afgan war started with 911 fool, the war in Iraq got nothing to do with 911….sounds like you still listening to CHeney and Bush…Bet you believe in the WMD claim too dont ya idiot !!!! Or mabey the mission accomplished claim too….Some fricken accomplishment !!!!
anthony, are you trying to say there were no terrorrists in Iraq, it’s one and the same in that whole region, know it all. Maybe if Sadam had slayed your family you would have a different point of view. What’s with the idiot comments? You out of high school yet?
joe,
You are the biggest bone head, did ur parents teach u respect for women. I bet u do not have one. Secondly the last time checked clinton is not on halliurton payroll, u need to get a dictionary and define what special interest means. Financial idiots like u make the economy suffer. And let me give u a little leadership lesson fool. WHEN THE TEAM FALLS THE LEADER MUST ANSWER TO THE FAILURE BECAUSE A TRUE LEADER WILL NOT ENTERTAIN PPL WHO WILL BRING HIM/HER DOWN AROUND THEM IDIOT.
sherry,
True, Obama is a great speaker with excellent command of his words, unlike the ‘bush’ before him, that had no words at all!!!
Perhaps if you listen and actually ‘comprehend’ what he is telling this country you will understand that he is trying to turn around the mess that bush and dick cheney left for him to ‘clean up’.
It won’t happen in a short time, as it was 8 years of stupidity that had embroiled this mess for Obama to try to fix. A short time.
We will see, in the next 4 years, what the outcome will be. In the meantime, stop giving the Al Quida reasons to take down our country as you, and the Obama-haters, stop supporting America and our democratically elected president!!!
DICK CHANEY IS A DICKHEAD NO WONDER IS PARENTS NAMED HIM DICK
Adiguzel Shakir Assad — this name says it all!!
J devine,
Comments like yours are a perfect example of how republicans use race and religion to discredit any reasonnable argument that does not favor thier stance.
you DISGUST ME!!!!!!!!!!
Cheney, pu-lease just go away. You and your neo-con cronies spent 8 years trashing this country and turning dysfunctional states into hotbeds of terrorism. Now you have the unmitigated gall to trash talk Obama who has twice the intelligence you have and….and on top of that, trying to fix you mess.
To JOE, if your really a market analyst(looks like you spelled anal cyst)like you say ….along with your beliefs that explains what happened to the market !!!!
to TS, no i dont believe Iraq had terrorist before the war started …the terrorist came to fight the USA there after we ivaded cause they damn sure didnt have that mess before we got there. …..YOu say i would feel different if Sadamm had killed my family…..YOur right , i would feel just like i do now knowing CHeney and Bush got 2 of my relatives killed for their ill gotten war !!!! Tell your story to all the american families who lost loved ones to the Iraq war…..mabey your sad ass would wise up and sing a tune worth listening too.
anthony…Maybe you’ll understand why we do this when Iran sends a nuke up your ass because your president doesn’t like conflicts!
Anthony,
So you disagree with additional 30,000 guys to be send to afgan?
Dick well, is a dick. He has the room to criticize the mess he and george left Obama is too insane to comprehend? At least Obama to our knowelege does not own stock in oiul and or haliburton like the conflict of interest dick and george had. Obama is trying to get out but in an organized way.
I feel safer with George W Bush & Dick Cheney watching over us than with the current occupants of the White House. Dick Cheney is correct to call out Obama.
How come there was never outrage when Al Gore spoke out against Bush? I’m sick of Obama blaming Bush for everything. It’s time to either act like a president or resign. He has no respect for the office of POTUS.
well said, Carol! This is more of the sickening “Chicago Style” politics that Obama employs. He knows that people generally pay more attention to words and not actions – that’s why he says one thing and does another. There IS hope however! His approval is down below 50% after only 10 months, and headed much lower. The populace has awakened! And that’s why they continue to blame the previous administration – to try to deflect scrutiny and the fact they have no answers themselves. “Four or less – and OUT”
TO CAROL AND HARRY
You 2 are a few of the dumbest to be on this forum. The mess was created in 8yrs, do u expecet it to be cleaned up 10mths.Also Harry shd know that if Obama fails America fails and u fail too fool.
To Carol,
You know y dumb Bush did not blame anyone, because he took office with a surplus. We are blaming him b’cos he fucked up.He must happy i started his name with a capital letter fool.
TS, are you berating anthony for implying there were no terrorists in Iraq before we invaded? Well, I don’t just imply. I firmly believe that. Anyone with an IQ in the 3-digits would realize that Hussein would never allow terrorists to act freely in his country. There is no way that he would allow a group to carry out acts of terror unless those acts were done by his own Republican Guard. He gassed the Kurds for just making some protests. He would never permit there to be a rival for generating fear.
The terrorists came into Iraq after the invasion because Rumsfield and Cheney (who never actually had to risk their own lives in the military, although Rumsfield did serve during peacetime) were trying out their own theory of war: Start with a lean, mean fighting machine. Have fewer boots on the ground than an invasion would normally call for; hit them hard and fast and then ride down Main Street of Baghdad while people cheered and threw flowers like it was Paris at the end of WWII. These men, who’d never been in a battle, fraked it up for those boots on the ground by not sending in enough of them to secure the infrastructure or the Guard’s stockpiles of regular weapons, which were promptly looted. You still believe in WMDs? If so, I’ve got this nifty little bridge to sell you because if you’re still buying into the WMD spiel, you’ll buy anything.
RIGHT ON POINT BAB.VERY SMART PERSON
I’m curious as to how the non Obama supporters are conceptualizing the last 1-2 years of the Bush administration (or 8 years) decisions with how the current Obama administration is seriously trying to rectify or stablize. For example, do you think the financial policies could have been avoided?? What about the current war(s), do you believe the Bush administration was strategic and effective–and please, no whinning or “attack on liberals” just present the facts that justify actions… if you will
You leftys have the IQ of a worm.BAB you and Anthony
are the leaders of them. Yes Sadam was just a miss understood person,get real,Bush got him be fore he got you. Your God (obama) vote for us to go to war,i guess you forgot huh? When are you guys going to forget about Bush and take credit for largest defict spending of all time.Obama is a muslim radical in sheeps clothing.This man doesnt deserve to wash bush or chaneys feet.He’s a thief just like the rest of the Dem.Look at all the money he has, where did it come from???? senators dont make that much do they,you do the math,God Bless America not God damn America……………..sick of liberals
Good job Dick Cheney. Your head is still in the game.