Cheney Tells Obama To Stop 'Dithering'

The Daily Beast, LA Times | Oct. 22, 2009 (News Report)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of "dithering" in failing to make a decision about escalating troops in Afghanistan. "Make no mistake, signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries. Waffling while our troops on the ground face an emboldened enemy endangers them and hurts our cause," Cheney said in a speech Wednesday night. Unlike former President George W. Bush, Cheney has been a vocal ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 22, 2009 - 9:20 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Cynthia Gilbert (review), James Canning (review), Fred Gatlin (review)
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Edited by: Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 22, 2009 - 9:22 AM PDT
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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 22, 2009

As some one who supports an increase of troops in Afghanistan, former vice president Cheney ideas are not correct. His comments make little sense.

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Cynthia Gilbert
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 by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct. 22, 2009

See LA times original story using the word dithering. Note Asia Times story which quotes Islamabad as using the word dithering. It would seem there is an orchestrated attempt to move the troops into Afghanistan and again the New York Times as this as its main editorial topic today.

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Oct. 22, 2009

Dick Cheney at it again, with another Iranophobic rant. And Russophobic. Champion of eternal war, an imperial America, and grotesquely large "defense" spending: Obama could take this country further on the road to ruin by listening to an idiot like Cheney. This is perhaps too kind.

Cheney had clear and convincing evidence Iraq posed no threat whatever to the US or the UK, and pushed forward the insane and illlegal invasion of Iraq because he was concerned the entire world would see the basis for war was spurious.

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