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Four years after the Americans had declared victory in Iraq—even as the
vice president was “strongly recommending” that the United States attack
Syria—more than 100,000 Iraqis and nearly 5,000 Americans were dead,
Iraq was near anarchy, and no end was yet in sight. Not only the war’s
ending but its beginning had disappeared into a dark cloud of confusion
and controversy, as the weapons of mass destruction that were its
justification turned out not to exist. The invasion had produced not the
rapid and overwhelming victory Cheney had anticipated but a quagmire in
which the American military had occupied and repressed a Muslim country
and, four years later, been brought to the verge of defeat.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE AND HERE. NOW THIS RIGHT WING PRICK HAS THE BALLS TO COME OUT WITH THIS PIECE CO-AUTHORED BY HIS LEGION OF DOOM HEIRESS DAUGHTER ABORTED WOULD BE WYOMING SENATE CANDIDATE LIZ CHENEY ENTITLED...,
"Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many"
As
the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threaten
Baghdad, thousands of slaughtered Iraqis in their wake, it is worth
recalling a few of President Obama's past statements about ISIS and
al Qaeda. "If a J.V. team puts on Lakers' uniforms that doesn't
make them Kobe Bryant" (January 2014). "[C]ore al Qaeda is
on its heels, has been decimated" (August 2013). "So, let
there be no doubt: The tide of war is receding" (September
2011).
Rarely
has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so
many. Too many times to count, Mr. Obama has told us he is "ending"
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—as though wishing made it so. His
rhetoric has now come crashing into reality. Watching the black-clad
ISIS jihadists take territory once secured by American blood is final
proof, if any were needed, that America's enemies are not
"decimated." They are emboldened and on the march.
The
fall of the Iraqi cities of Fallujah, Tikrit, Mosul and Tel Afar, and
the establishment of terrorist safe havens across a large swath of
the Arab world, present a strategic threat to the security of the
United States. Mr. Obama's actions—before and after ISIS's recent
advances in Iraq—have the effect of increasing that threat.
On
a trip to the Middle East this spring, we heard a constant refrain in
capitals from the Persian Gulf to Israel, "Can you please
explain what your president is doing?" "Why is he walking
away?" "Why is he so blithely sacrificing the hard fought
gains you secured in Iraq?" "Why is he abandoning your
friends?" "Why is he doing deals with your enemies?"
In
one Arab capital, a senior official pulled out a map of Syria and
Iraq. Drawing an arc with his finger from Raqqa province in northern
Syria to Anbar province in western Iraq, he said, "They will
control this territory. Al Qaeda is building safe havens and training
camps here. Don't the Americans care?"
Our
president doesn't seem to. Iraq is at risk of falling to a radical
Islamic terror group and Mr. Obama is talking climate change.
Terrorists take control of more territory and resources than ever
before in history, and he goes golfing. He seems blithely unaware, or
indifferent to the fact, that a resurgent al Qaeda presents a clear
and present danger to the United States of America.
When
Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al Qaeda in Iraq had
been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S.
armed forces during the surge. Mr. Obama had only to negotiate an
agreement to leave behind some residual American forces, training and
intelligence capabilities to help secure the peace. Instead, he
abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the
jaws of victory.
The
tragedy unfolding in Iraq today is only part of the story. Al Qaeda
and its affiliates are resurgent across the globe. According to a
recent Rand study, between 2010 and 2013, there was a 58% increase in
the number of Salafi-jihadist terror groups around the world. During
that same period, the number of terrorists doubled.
In
the face of this threat, Mr. Obama is busy ushering America's
adversaries into positions of power in the Middle East. First it was
the Russians in Syria. Now, in a move that defies credulity, he toys
with the idea of ushering Iran into Iraq. Only a fool would believe
American policy in Iraq should be ceded to Iran, the world's largest
state sponsor of terror.
This
president is willfully blind to the impact of his policies. Despite
the threat to America unfolding across the Middle East, aided by his
abandonment of Iraq, he has announced he intends to follow the same
policy in Afghanistan.
Despite
clear evidence of the dire need for American leadership around the
world, the desperation of our allies and the glee of our enemies,
President Obama seems determined to leave office ensuring he has
taken America down a notch. Indeed, the speed of the terrorists'
takeover of territory in Iraq has been matched only by the speed of
American decline on his watch.
The
president explained his view in his Sept. 23, 2009, speech before the
United Nations General Assembly. "Any world order," he
said, "that elevates one nation above others cannot long
survive." Tragically, he is quickly proving the opposite—through
one dangerous policy after another—that without American
pre-eminence, there can be no world order.
It
is time the president and his allies faced some hard truths: America
remains at war, and withdrawing troops from the field of battle while
our enemies stay in the fight does not "end" wars. Weakness
and retreat are provocative. U.S. withdrawal from the world is
disastrous and puts our own security at risk.
Al
Qaeda and its affiliates are resurgent and they present a security
threat not seen since the Cold War. Defeating them will require a
strategy—not a fantasy. It will require sustained difficult
military, intelligence and diplomatic efforts—not empty misleading
rhetoric. It will require rebuilding America's military
capacity—reversing the Obama policies that have weakened our armed
forces and reduced our ability to influence events around the world.
American
freedom will not be secured by empty threats, meaningless red lines,
leading from behind, appeasing our enemies, abandoning our allies, or
apologizing for our great nation—all hallmarks to date of the Obama
doctrine. Our security, and the security of our friends around the
world, can only be guaranteed with a fundamental reversal of the
policies of the past six years.
In
1983, President Ronald Reagan said, "If history teaches
anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful
thinking about our adversaries is folly. It means the betrayal of our
past, the squandering of our freedom." President Obama is on
track to securing his legacy as the man who betrayed our past and
squandered our freedom.
Mr.
Cheney was U.S. vice president from 2001-09. Ms. Cheney was the
deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs from
2002-04 and 2005-06.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. CHENEY'S RESPONSE TO BLOWBACK WHICH HE CREATED BY ATTACKING A COUNTRY THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 9/11 ATTACKS AND HAD NO WMD'S AS HE CLAIMED! NOW HE PUT'S IT ALL ON OBAMA AND WASHES HIS HANDS OF ANY INVOLVEMENT. HA HA HA HA HA HA! IF THIS WAS NOT SO PATHETIC, I COULD DIE LAUGHING IT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY! I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE PART WHERE HE INVOKES REAGAN SPEAKING ON APPEASEMENT! YEP DICK, TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE A TOUGH TALKING WYOMING GUNSLINGER TO GO KICK SOME MUSLIM ASS AND LOB A FEW NUKES AT THOSE FUCKING TOWEL HEADS! WHAT A DICK! YOU'RE OUT OF OFFICE, HAVE NO POWER. WHEN IN OFFICE YOU LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ATTACKED IRAQ, STARTED A WAR THERE BASED ON FABRICATIONS - TOTAL LIES AND NOW YOU AND YOUR UNFIT FOR THE SENATE RIGHT WING DAUGHTER ARE TELLING A SITTING US PRESIDENT WHAT HE MUST DO ACCORDING TO YOU? WTF!? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
