Check it out. He’s sweating. I can just hear him muttering to himself.. “Oh shit…. Aw fuck.. I’m goin to jail .. dammit.. I was the Vice Fucking President.. Who do they think they are.. Don’t they know about Nixon? … Shit shit shit…”
Karma’s comin’ Cheney… Just because you were the leader doesn’t give you unilateral power to do whatever you want. Time to face the music.
All joy and merriment aside, let’s talk about what’s going on here. The CIA has released some documentation surrounding the interrogation techniques used over the past few years. To put it simple, they tortured people for information. So while we, as Americans, like to point out how great we are, we ended up doing the same crap the “bad guys” do. And to make matters worse, the CIA and other government officials are doing everything they can to cover it up.
So now it looks like this may become an even larger issue, possibly reaching up the chain of command. In fact, it may even make it to the executive level and then Cheney and Bush Jr. will have to own up for their actions. Seeing this happening, it seems that Cheney is trying to deflect the issue and turn it into something it’s not.
Using typical “Think of the Children” language, he’s trying to turn this into a questioning of Obama’s policies. Instead of owning up to his part, he attacks the president’s ability to defend the nation. To quote:
“I have serious doubts … about the extent to which he understands and is prepared to do what needs to be done to defend the nation.”
Seriously? What about what you and Bush did to “defend the nation,” as you so eloquently put it? Starting multiple wars, one of which was completely unrelated to the issue at hand, is defending the nation? Spreading our armed forces extremely thin and then bullying other nations to help is defending the nation? Taking away our liberties and freedoms, spying on us, enacting ridiculous laws, all in the name of national security? Christ, I can’t even go on a fucking vacation anymore without feeling like a goddamn criminal. Everything I have is searched, I have to remove my shoes, and if I miss something, the TSA treats you like you’re a known terrorist intent on killing everyone! And don’t even get me started on the idiotic 3 oz. liquid rule..
So you can take your criticisms and shove them. I rejoiced when your reign of terror ended. I am incredibly impressed with our new president and how he’s handling things. Sure, it’s not all to my liking, but it sure as hell beats what you and Bush were doing. I hope this probe uncovers every little dark secret, and I hope every one of you is brought to justice. Enjoy freedom while you have it.