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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:41 PM Oct 2014

Darth Cheney back with more fear mongering

Cheney: 'Very Dangerous Period … More Threatening Than the Period Before 9/11'
'9/11 will turn out to be not nearly as bad as the next mass casualty attack against the United States'
9:10 AM, OCT 13, 2014 • BY DANIEL HALPER

The two discussed Cheney's time as secretary of defense, the Gulf War, the Nixon and Ford Years, the Reagan years, 9/11, and the threats we face today.

On the last point, Cheney surveyed the world -- particulary the Middle East -- and expressed concern about Iran getting nuclear weapons. If that happens, Cheney predicted, many other countries in the region would quickly acquire nuclear weapons, too.

"So we're in a very dangerous period and I think it's more threatening than the period before 9/11," Cheney predicted. "I think 9/11 will turn out to be not nearly as bad as the next mass casualty attack against the United States--which, if and when it comes, will be with something far deadlier than [with] airline tickets and box cutters."

Cheney defended the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques--specifically, waterboarding--used by the Bush administration to help save American lives, as well as the NSA program. He also talked about how congressional leaders, such as Nancy Pelosi, all privately signed off on the programs -- and implored the Bush administration not to bring it to Capitol Hill for discussion.

Kristol ended the conversation by thanking Cheney for his "model" public service.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cheney-very-dangerous-period-more-threatening-period-911_810984.html

The terror equivalent of Wishcasting
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wishcasting

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Darth Cheney back with more fear mongering (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2014 OP
and no one is more responsible for the instability than the dick spanone Oct 2014 #1
He'll say anything to deflect from his ignorance louis-t Oct 2014 #2
When Dick Cheney says something, the opposite is always true. Arkana Oct 2014 #3
Why isn't that war criminal of a dick in malaise Oct 2014 #4
He tells you n2doc Oct 2014 #5

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
2. He'll say anything to deflect from his ignorance
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:46 PM
Oct 2014

"pre 9/11". Notice how he is minimizing "attacks with tickets and box-cutters". I wish him bloody diarrhea every day for the rest of his miserable life.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
5. He tells you
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:56 PM
Oct 2014

He co-opted Pelosi and the rest of the Dem leadership in the torture. They can't prosecute him without themselves becoming co-conspirators.

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