Nothing like speaking truth to power, huh?
Maintaining his stature as one of the most forceful defenders of the Bush Administration’s defense policies former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Obama of committing “libel” against CIA interrorgators on Wednesday
Mr. Cheney’s criticized the Obama White House in a wide-ranging address on foreign policy matters for abandoning commitments to allies in Poland and the Czech Republic in favor of the Russians, sacrificing American intelligence officials to satisfy the political left and “dithering” on taking action in Afghanistan, among other things.
The speech, delivered to the Center for Security Policy, comes as the White House considers U.S. Commander of Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for an additional 40,000 troops and struggles with the legal consequences of shutting down Guantanamo Bay.
It is rather sickening to watch Obama try to have it both ways – “I’m proud of the CIA, but the CIA is staffed with torturing beasts”. Obama wants to be both hawk and dove, and the combination of the two is, indeed, a strange bird.
In 9 short months, Obama has managed to undo a great deal of what was accomplished under Bush. We’ve lost allies and made no new friends (unless you think Putin and the Mullahs are our friends, now); we’ve lost credibility over our military commitments; we’ve made it clear that if you’re against us, we’ll appease you…its all bad, and unless Obama changes course, its going to get much worse.
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