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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:18 AM Jun 2014

Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney Join Attack On Obama For 'Abandonment Of Iraq'

Source: Huffington Post





One day after President Barack Obama announced the planned deployment of hundreds of troops to Iraq, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, joined the chorus of critics accusing the president of abandoning Iraq.

Cheney and his daughter penned an opinion piece that will be published in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, slamming Obama for being "so wrong about so much at the expense of so many." They criticize the president for abandoning Iraq and for failing to "keep the peace," while terrorist groups are "emboldened and on the march."

"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," they write.

While serving as President George W. Bush's vice president, Cheney was instrumental in justifying the American-led invasion of Iraq, saying time and time again that it was necessary to search for weapons of mass destruction. None were found.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/dick-cheney-liz-cheney-obama-iraq_n_5505619.html



You just knew the architect of the disaster, along with his loser daughter, were going to try to join the discussion in a sad attempt to try to rehab daddy's failure
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Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney Join Attack On Obama For 'Abandonment Of Iraq' (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2014 OP
That's about as hypocritical as lovemydog Jun 2014 #1
Let me be the first to say underpants Jun 2014 #2
WOW!! Scarsdale Jun 2014 #3
How do you describe dysfunctional family? Twenty1first Jun 2014 #4
Lets go back in time - Bush 2008 SmittynMo Jun 2014 #5
The BFEE and Vader Ineeda Jun 2014 #36
Dick contradicting Cheney.. Cha Jun 2014 #6
two dickheads..... chillfactor Jun 2014 #7
Jun 20, 2005 Ichingcarpenter Jun 2014 #8
Which means what? That Cheney and Bush's plan to enter Iraq was intended to Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #9
+1 Scuba Jun 2014 #10
Those two are thoroughly disgusting and destructive. George II Jun 2014 #11
Will he just die already?!? BlueStater Jun 2014 #12
They can almost taste the blood and money, and they are drooling. n/t Orsino Jun 2014 #13
I rather look at kittens than listen to anything these freaks have to say. warrior1 Jun 2014 #14
Awwwww Pennie109 Jun 2014 #22
"so wrong about so much at the expense of so many." George II Jun 2014 #15
That's what I thought, immediately NastyRiffraff Jun 2014 #23
What was it that Klingon said? Demeter Jun 2014 #16
Isn't it interesting; their choice of the term, "abandonment..." orbitalman Jun 2014 #17
Has Dick Cheney been arrested yet or is he still holed up at an undisclosed location? yellowcanine Jun 2014 #18
Tell that to the 500,000 Iraqis we killed while there Fearless Jun 2014 #19
Wait; there's more. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 #20
"Comments are disabled for this video" LeftInTX Jun 2014 #35
Much better to invade them and kill countless thousands of their citizens. NYC Liberal Jun 2014 #21
We should have prosecuted that evil motherfucker in '08. William Seger Jun 2014 #24
And Dick Cheney blamed Harry Whittington for putting his head in front of his shotgun aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #25
Look forward!!! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #26
Dick should be in prison...War Criminal. SoapBox Jun 2014 #27
This is absolutely pathetic Dopers_Greed Jun 2014 #28
Can you just shrivel up and die already, you shit stain on the underwear of humanity? Harry Monroe Jun 2014 #29
And if someone wants to report this as inappropriate, go right the fuck ahead. Harry Monroe Jun 2014 #30
I was hoping this would be the last we saw of Dick, unfortunately it wasn't to be... George II Jun 2014 #31
Dick & Liz Cheney: Obama Not Killing Enough People mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 #32
George H.W. Bush was accused of leaving Iraq prematurely too: IcyPeas Jun 2014 #33
Let's plan a party DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2014 #34
Fuck Crashcart. Lets stack the dog tags of dead soldiers on his doorstep. zonkers Jun 2014 #37
I know some Vets for Peace who have a truckload of crosses they could plant in his front yard Hekate Jun 2014 #40
STFU warrprayer Jun 2014 #38
When does that thing's donated heart try to claw its way out of his chest? Hekate Jun 2014 #39
Never. Chenney takes anti-rejection drugs, not to keep his body from rejecting the heart, Thor_MN Jun 2014 #43
The Cheneys really need to shut their pieholes on this one. antiGOPin294 Jun 2014 #41
Dick Cheney is a war criminal and Liz is just an older version of Sarah Palin. The just don't count. olddad56 Jun 2014 #42
Time to go back to your crypt, Dick! roamer65 Jun 2014 #44

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
1. That's about as hypocritical as
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:21 AM
Jun 2014

well, nothing. I can't think of anything more hypocritical. Though I can't say I'm surprised, coming from those warmongering jerks.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
3. WOW!!
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:28 AM
Jun 2014

Are they afraid their Halliburton stocks will take a dive? For a person who has NEVER, EVER worn the uniform ol' heartless Dickless certainly loves to send others into harms way. Riding her father's coat-tails along comes snarling, snapping Lizzie. He threw an old friend under the bus, trying to get her elected and it failed. These people need to STFU and Lizzie needs to get a REAL job, she has lived off the taxpayers long enough. Daddy got her a "do-nothing" job in the Cheney administration, and she is still milking it to get on TV. Where is Mrs. Cheney, is she busy writing her lesbian porn novelettes? Another camera hog.

 

Twenty1first

(32 posts)
4. How do you describe dysfunctional family?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:38 AM
Jun 2014

...Cheney's are despicable in sense of the word...there, I said it!

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
5. Lets go back in time - Bush 2008
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:47 AM
Jun 2014

Bush signed a document in late 2008, indicating that all troops would be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. Obama completed that promise. So, how is this Obama's fault? These two are total idiots not to recognize that it was their own party that lied and got us into this mess, and then wanted to get us out of there by 2011. And just yesterday I read that Cheney is praying for the oil wells in Iraq. These two are total morons.

I cannot understand why they even get air time any more.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
36. The BFEE and Vader
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:37 PM
Jun 2014

believed they created a political win-win for themselves: If Obama keeps their promise (as now), they win because he's weak or somesuch. If he doesn't keep their promise, they win because he violated the sacred word of the USofA.
IOW, everything is Obama's fault.

chillfactor

(7,572 posts)
7. two dickheads.....
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:04 AM
Jun 2014

with not one functioning brain between them.....just looking at them makes me want to puke.....

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
8. Jun 20, 2005
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:54 AM
Jun 2014

Jun 20, 2005 - I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."


http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/

Dick needs to travel outside of the country
where there are arrest warrants for war crimes.

Baitball Blogger

(46,682 posts)
9. Which means what? That Cheney and Bush's plan to enter Iraq was intended to
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:07 AM
Jun 2014

give the US a permanent profile in the country? Why doesn't Cheney just come out and say it. Was that their plan all along?

warrior1

(12,325 posts)
14. I rather look at kittens than listen to anything these freaks have to say.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:09 AM
Jun 2014

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Pennie109

(128 posts)
22. Awwwww
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:45 AM
Jun 2014

So sweet.

Cheney is nothing but a war criminal. He and his daughter need to fade from this earth.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
23. That's what I thought, immediately
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:53 AM
Jun 2014

And I've no doubt it was said without a trace of irony.

No one should listen to ANYTHING this war criminal has to say about Iraq (or anything else)

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
16. What was it that Klingon said?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:00 AM
Jun 2014

"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Especially if the fools set it on fire in the first place.

orbitalman

(1,098 posts)
17. Isn't it interesting; their choice of the term, "abandonment..."
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:31 AM
Jun 2014

I personally would have used the word, "escape."

yellowcanine

(35,693 posts)
18. Has Dick Cheney been arrested yet or is he still holed up at an undisclosed location?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:35 AM
Jun 2014

Seriously the man should be in prison for treason.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,290 posts)
20. Wait; there's more.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:32 AM
Jun 2014

Hat tip, JMG: Dick Cheney And Liz Cheney Blame President Obama For Civil War In Iraq

Today the two Cheneys launched The Alliance For A Strong America, which advocates for even more of the disastrous military interventions that got us to where we are today.




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William Seger

(10,775 posts)
24. We should have prosecuted that evil motherfucker in '08.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:04 PM
Jun 2014

I grew up in the 50s and 60s, when we were taught that the US defended the world from countries that invaded other countries to get control of their resources, justified their actions with lies, and tortured their captives. Now, thanks primarily to this evil man, we are instead that country.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
25. And Dick Cheney blamed Harry Whittington for putting his head in front of his shotgun
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:05 PM
Jun 2014

These assholes never accept blame. Whittington apologized to Cheney for getting shot when he came out of the hospital, implying that privately Cheney blamed him for making him look bad. Why else would a victim apologize unless the VP demanded it, especially after getting buck shot lodged in his heart? Dick Cheney certainly didn't apologize.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
28. This is absolutely pathetic
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:51 PM
Jun 2014

The current Iraqi crisis should be the final stake in the heart of Neocons and PNAC...

But instead the media is just giving them a fresh neck to bite into.

Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
29. Can you just shrivel up and die already, you shit stain on the underwear of humanity?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:15 PM
Jun 2014

I will not shed a single tear when this skidmark kicks the bucket, as a matter of fact I will be in that line to take a well deserved piss on his grave.

Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
30. And if someone wants to report this as inappropriate, go right the fuck ahead.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:16 PM
Jun 2014

I'm just vocalizing what I think we all feel about this fuckstick.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,290 posts)
32. Dick & Liz Cheney: Obama Not Killing Enough People
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:23 PM
Jun 2014
Dick & Liz Cheney: Obama Not Killing Enough People



(Getty Images)

The article itself is ludicrous and not worth your time. If little knives are coursing through your blood right now, read Mark Danner's authoritative series on Cheney and his impact on the world.

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)
33. George H.W. Bush was accused of leaving Iraq prematurely too:
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:38 PM
Jun 2014

from Wikipedia:

Early on the morning of January 17, 1991, allied forces launched the first attack, which included more than 4,000 bombing runs by coalition aircraft. This pace would continue for the next four weeks, until a ground invasion was launched on February 24, 1991. Allied forces penetrated Iraqi lines and pushed toward Kuwait City while on the west side of the country, forces were intercepting the retreating Iraqi army. Bush made the decision to stop the offensive after a mere 100 hours. Critics labeled this decision premature, as hundreds of Iraqi forces were able to escape; Bush responded by saying that he wanted to minimize U.S. casualties. Opponents further charged that Bush should have continued the attack, pushing Hussein's army back to Baghdad, then removing him from power.[15] Bush explained that he did not give the order to overthrow the Iraqi government because it would have "incurred incalculable human and political costs.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq."

Who was Secretary of defense at the time: DICK CHENEY.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
34. Let's plan a party
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:52 PM
Jun 2014

I could use this space to talk about how despicable Dick Cheney is for trying to blame Iraq on the current president. But I want to accentuate the positive instead of dwelling on the negative. So wherever you are, whatever you're doing when this piece of human garbage finally dies, get yourself to a keyboard and come to GD for a big celebration. We will afford the deceased all the respect he deserves, by which I mean none. Free Republic will accuse us of grave dancing, and they'll be right. And I'll be happy.

In the meantime, shut your worthless fucking mouth, Dick. You serve no function, and your words are worthless.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
43. Never. Chenney takes anti-rejection drugs, not to keep his body from rejecting the heart,
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:23 PM
Jun 2014

but to keep the heart from rejecting him.

 

antiGOPin294

(53 posts)
41. The Cheneys really need to shut their pieholes on this one.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014

Dick should be thanking his God every day that he hasn't been arrested for war crimes. But his time will come soon....

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