Obama’s Cheney Dilemma

Interesting that you would not trust Democrats to defend this country. Brief history lesson: World War I (won with Democrats in power). World War II (won with Democrats in power). Korea - (stalemate with republicans in power). Vietnam (loss with republicans in power). 9/11 - bush ignored all warnings and allowed an attack on th U.S..
Over 70% of the hijackers were Saudis. bush allowed bin laden's family to fly out - while all other planes were grounded). He then attacked Iraq (one of the few non-sectarian countries in the middle east. Facts are a messy thing (especially for retardlicans).

Stop being a "Dick". You are no longer in power yet you still seek media attention and seem to have a very difficult time in letting go. You are the worse V.P. ever. You and your goons lined your pockets with tax payers cash from the moment you stepped into office. "Curious George" and yourself ruined the reputation of America. There is no end in sight as to the damage you both created. The only thing that I have comfort in is that, you do not have much life left. I cannot wait to hear "Dick Cheney is dead". It cannot come soon enough for me. Selfish cowards you both should burn in hell along with every nikel you took from this country leaving most homless, jobless, and in debt. A full investigation should be launched againt your entire (what you call) administration and should pay for your countless actions.

GOD have NO MERCY on your crappy soul.

Stop being a "Dick". You are no longer in power yet you still seek media attention and seem to have a very difficult time in letting go. You are the worse V.P. ever. You and your goons lined your pockets with tax payers cash from the moment you stepped into office. "Curious George" and yourself ruined the reputation of America. There is no end in sight as to the damage you both created. The only thing that I have comfort in is that, you do not have much life left. I cannot wait to hear "Dick Cheney is dead". It cannot come soon enough for me. Selfish cowards you both should burn in hell along with every nikel you took from this country leaving most homless, jobless, and in debt. A full investigation should be launched againt your entire (what you call) administration. GOD have NO MERCY on your crappy soul.

Stop being a "Dick". You are no longer in power yet you still seek media attention and seem to have a very difficult time in letting go. You are the worse V.P. ever. You and your goons lined your pockets with tax payers cash from the moment you stepped into office. "Curious George" and yourself ruined the reputation of America. There is no end in sight as to the damage you both created. The only thing that I have comfort in is that, you do not have much life left. I cannot wait to hear "Dick Cheney is dead". It cannot come soon enough for me. Selfish cowards you both should burn in hell along with every nikel you took from this country leaving most of the homless, jobless, and in debt. GOD have NO MERCY on your crappy soul.

Dear Dick,

Stop being a "Dick". You are no longer in power yet you still seek media attention and seem to have a very difficult time in letting go. You are the worse V.P. ever. You and your goons lined your pockets with tax payers cash from the moment you stepped into office. "Curious George" and yourself ruined the reputation of America. There is no end in sight as to the damage you both created. The only thing that I have comfort in is that, you do not have much life left. I cannot wait to hear "Dick Cheney is dead". It cannot come soon enough for me. Selffish cowards you both should burn in hell along with every nikel you took from this country.

Every American who approves harsh interrogations should be ashamed of himself. The United States of America has become the #1 country in the world by spreading its culture of freedom. Freedom is the core of the US constitution, and all the amendments revolve around it. How many European, Asian, African, Jew, Christian, Muslim, straight, gay, liberal, conservative??? left their own country and came to the States to enjoy this freedom? After more than three hundred years of promoting liberties, democracy, social equality???After condemning suppression, dictatorship, discrimination???After years of dreams, hope, acts, conflicts, wars, reconciliation??? After all this hard work, comes the Bush administration to blow up the temple of liberties, to drown us in the Dark Ages??? terror. This administration claims that it saved the United States from ???possible threats???. Wow! We should be impressed by these inspiring statements! The people of the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa, where Bush is promoting his understanding of ???Democracy??? are definitely more impressed! These people are looking forward to regimes that cannot provide them with security unless harsh interrogations and abusive jails as ???Guantánamo Bay prison camp??? and ???Abu Ghraib??? are held. I love Bush???s statements! They make me understand why some scientists were tortured, many philosophers were persecuted, and so many witches were burned at the stake! They make me realize that since Bush has many ignorant supporters nowadays, no wonder those absurd judgments were made a long long long time ago! Since the beginning of the life on Earth, evil is making life harder. Over the time, humanity had settled systems and laws to deal with evil. Every day, we are learning how to conquer evil with a more civilized way than the day before; and we should not let anyone drive us back to the dark ages again, especially someone claiming that he is spreading democracy in the wild part of this world!!

Regarding your recent article, "What Would Dick Do" by Evan Thomas and Stuart Taylor, it seems nothing more that an propaganda piece defending vice president Cheney's tactics and policies during the Bush administration. Policies including the most basic human rights abuse, torture.

Several authorities on interrogation techniques (including military personnel) contend that most information collected by means of torture is basically useless. It violates international law and puts our own captured military personal at risk. It shames us in the global community and destroys our credibility when we call for human rights abroad. Far from discouraging terrorism, we generate new terrorists and give fresh ammunition to our enemies.

We have lost our collective soul when we not only fail to oppose, but applaud torture as heroic and necessary to our nation???s security. It is neither. It is an act of cowardice and betrayal to all our nation???s founders fought and died for. Torture is an affront to our spiritual beliefs. The right claims our nation???s government was founded on Christian values. If so, who would Jesus torture? Could we have been so condemnatory of the Nazis if the Nuremberg Trials were held today?

For the truth about torture, go to Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch websites.
Better yet, take another look at those photos from the Abu Ghraib/prisoner abuse scandal. Did Lynndie England and Charles Graner make us safer? Do monsters and sexual predators protect us? What we saw was simple depravity.
But the above outrage served a purpose. It showed why people *really* torture. They enjoy it.
I pray President Obama leads our country in justice and compassion and that we regain our humanity.

The authors say that the opinion that torture doesn't yield truth is a liberal shibboleth, but they didn't offer an alternative universe where torture yields truth, did they? Perhaps becuase such a universe has not been found? The Geneva Convention got it right and Taylor and Thomas did not change reality by calling names. Victor Juhasz revolting cartoon on the cover means it will not see the light of day again. Sorry Newsweek you sure blew that one.

Let's recap.

On Al-Marri: "Both options would be political nightmares. "
On Closing Gitmo: "But it's not clear what he will do with the 250 or so detainees now living there."
On broader military justice issues: "Obama will have to solve other thorny issues, such as what to do with enemy combatants held in military prisons overseas (not just at Gitmo, but locations like the prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan). "
On presidential power: "Obama will discover, if he hasn't already, that presidents live in a gray area."

Being president requires difficult decisions. Let's hope that the lesson of the Cheney/Bush years is that how incredibly dangerous it is to take the easy way out when faced with hard choices. The Cheney doctrine of absolute executive power and scorn for the rule of law is the slacker's and the coward's way. If you don't have the skills of persuasion to convince allies to topple a mass murderer, shade the intelligence a little. If it is difficult to protect the nation's borders because you don't understand your enemies, lock up enough people that the law of averages will ensure that you get some bad guys. If people ask you to do the hard work of trying people in a court of law, ignore them. An always remember, as President Nixon said "It's not illegal if the president does it." So, if you can't gather intelligence use torture--you'll have some success and you can use that to claim the ends justify the means.

I remember one time my father laughing at someone using the trope about being honest because it is easier than remembering lies--"You don't understand, " he said. "The liar has it easy. He just tells another lie. The honest man has to keep figuring out what the truth is."

Let's hope that now we will take the harder road. The destination is so much better.

After reading these comments, now I know why Cheney said that higher education created democrats. these Republicans are to pig headed to to understand big words or any thing they can't parrot from Rush Limbaugh. And he just makes up facts as he goes along.

The burden of guilt on the shoulders of Dick Cheny is so enomourous that the Son Of B*i*t*c*h can;t stand on his legs.He will be attending OBMA'S oath taking ceremony on wheel chair.

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If only "working with Congress" weren't tantamount to consulting and getting an OK from a roomful of juvenile blabbermouth security risks!

DougH says "Bush...acted with the consent of Congress." Remember that when Bush asked Congress for the power to invade Iraq he called it "a vote for peace", he told them he needed the power for diplomatic leverage, and he promised he would exhaust every diplomatic option before going to war. That turned out to be a lie. Yet ever since then the so-called "liberal press" has characterized that vote as a vote for war, not "a vote for peace" as Bush had characterized it.