If 3,000 Americans had been killed on your watch, in an attack that could have been prevented, perhaps you'd be a little hesitant to accuse anyone else of endangering America. And if you had advocated torture, and the torture produced false information that you used to mislead America into an unwise, unjust and unwarranted war, you might be a tad sheepish about defending the use of torture. Full Story »
Posted by Glenn LaBauve
There are liars, damn liars, then Dick Cheney. Stalin would be proud of Cheney's misinformation tour, Stalin said he would always tell the truth, the defined the truth as anything that would further his cause.
Well reasoned with evidence to back up each contention. Begala paints a disturbing picture of a government too attached to their own version of reality to heed the system of checks and balances that are supposed to protect against this sort of folly. Security services are supposed to source and vet intelligence. They're good at it. Trained and experienced. To direct, edit, or ignore their professional work invalidates what they add to our country's security. Begala is right. Cheney, by doing exactly this, did make us less safe. And that, unfortunately, wasn't the last of it, as Begala shows.
I love the "faith-based" missile defense system. I know two highly qualified engineers and scientists who worked on the system over the years. Both would agree with the description.
Mr. Begala takes apart (one by one) the arguments of Lord Dick (and those of similar ilk) who claim that BushCo kept us safe.
The narrative engages the reader, the facts support the analysis. Like it or not, this message needed to be conveyed. This is quality journalism.
I suspect that his approval of torture is only the tip of the iceburg with respect to Mr Cheney. How about the actions of his company, Haliburton following the winning of the shooting war. His generals won the war, he lost the peace. He ensured that we won't have peace for decades.
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