Cheney Questions Obama's Afghan War Motives
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, warning hesitation would embolden U.S. foes and devastate its allies.
"I don't see how he can do anything other than move aggressively to achieve victory," the Wyoming Republican, a harsh critic of the new administration, said in a speech to a Michigan business group.
"Our adversaries take heart from our hesitation and vacillation," Cheney said.
"Our not following through will have devastating consequences not only for Afghanistan but also for our NATO allies. This is the first time ever (NATO members have) committed troops to combat."
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Cheney was planning to run for President in 2008 but Lynne talked him out of it. She said, "In America Presidents are limited to two terms."
steve.c.
If you have doubts this may change your mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
visionpoet
@polemic
It is obvious YOU are anti-American.....not anti-Bush and Cheney!
visionpoet
@polemic
You seem to forget.....the Taliban shot women in soccer fields....they could not go without a vail.....they could not go to school....they could not listen to music....they had no freedoms. We HELP people who are not able to have liberty....it is a God-given right!
visionpoet
CHENEY IS THE GREATEST PATRIOT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN!
Recon
USA Allies do NOT support for the 1st time.....
Islam the wedge, political correctness, weakened World position.
He has endangered the US Military and US Citizens.
Not fitting of the President of America or is it?
K. MARX
Not making any sense or do you?
Johannes
I really have no use for the victims of public school out come based education or the slime of the earth communists who post here. They really make my skin crawl. They have no sense of history or just how important the Constitution really is. They really deserve what they're binging on themselves but they don't have a clue as to what kind of misery they are bringing to the rest of us.
TxGold
obama is a coward, afraid to make a decision, and Cheney knows it!
calostri
yeah baby send 100 000 troops we cant spent on health care but
calostri
yeah baby send 100 000 troops we cant spent on health care but
spinfree
Ah what a fine man that Mr Cheney is.
Polemic
@Spitfireconservative
With all the horrible things Bush and Cheney did during their administration, it's hard to imagine what they would have to do to lose your respect. If lying to go to war with Iraq, wiretapping your phones, torturing people, destroying checks and balances, eroding your civil liberties, selling out your safety for business profits, and abandoning New Orleans in an emergency doesn't do it? Man what would it take? Oh yeah, health care legislation that the country can't afford. Oh Wait! Bush did that too with the $1.6 trillion dollar unfunded Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. I guess your just a political hypocrite.
Lemure
Actually, they only tapped phones of over seas calls, not you and me. And the Medicare Prescription D is under budget, has helped many seniors who are hooked on the public dole because of FDR, another democrat. Too many believed they were going to live off what the government gave them, so they did not prepare for the future. Now they are slaves to it. So you are very mistaken.
K. MARX
You believe that? After all the lies they told? They tapped all you calls. You have no privacy.
Polemic
Your counter-argument for the Medicare drug plan is irrelevant and disingenuous. It's irrelevant because the plan was never funded to begin with, so it doesn't matter if it's under budget. That's why the US Comptroller General David M. Walker has called it "...probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s." It's all just adding to the deficit. You're argument is disingenuous because no one here cares if the current health reform bill actually helps people, so defending Bush by pretending to care is patently ridiculous. In regards to the wiretapping, it did involve wiretapping calls that originated in or terminated within the United States, which was illegal at the time.
slytomcat
@ ex republican...and your Parole Officer is keeping you away from your bong?...he seems to have failed
Ex Republican
Cheney is hiding at a secret location today, staff are keeping him away from the booze and his 10 gauge bird gun..
:-)
HSI
I agreed with Cheney....we must stick to the original reason why we went there in the first place....to get these B@stards that are responsible for the attacks against us.
I Love Foxers
If it's true that the original and primary reason for going to war was "..to get these B@stards that are responsible for the attacks against us", why did we invade Iraq where Al-Qaeda had absolutely no presence until Bush invaded? We're were attacked by Saudis yet there was no backlash against Saudi Arabia and certainly no invasion of that country. Could the reason be we need the Saudi oil? Now we're invading Afghanistan where according to our own generals, there are only 100 members of Al-Qaeda in the entire country. We constantly hear talk about getting these B@stards but how can we accomplish this by invading countries where they have little or no presence? Osama bin Laden is laughing at our stupidity.
Polemic
Yeah, the original reason why we went there! Iraq totally attacked us...wait, no they didn't...I mean Afghanistan totally attacked us...wait, no they didn't...The Taliban totally attacked us...wait, no they didn't...Al Qaeda totally attacked us...Ok, now we're on track. Wait, Gen. McChrystal says there are no major signs of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan? WTF?
visionpoet
You seem to forget.....the Taliban shot women in soccer fields....they could not go without a vail.....they could not go to school....they could not listen to music....they had no freedoms. We help people who are not able to have liberty....it is a God-given right!
Polemic
@62andAngry
Ok, so by your logic we should invade the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Iran, Yemen, Indonesia, the Phillipenes, Krgystan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and every other place that has Islamic Extremists. Just pretty much move in to all of south Asia.
62andAngry
Islamic Extremists are Islamic Extremists - where EVER they come from. The fight was taken to THEIR shores so as not to have attacks on the streets in major cities...you know...like dept. stores, football games and such.... You OBVIOUSLY weren't watching TV on 9-11, nor did you apparently feel the horror and insecurity of it all...
SpitFireConservative (Not PC either)
We highly respect Cheney and Bush!! They are great men, real men, of integrity, and honor, character, understanding, grown ups!
I Love Foxers
Bush and Cheney should be grateful there are actually some true believers remaining who continue to praise them because very few others do. Bush couldn't find a single country in the world where thousands of people didn't gather to protest his visits. Not that he's popular in America. Even his own Republicans abandoned him; they didn't even want him to speak at their convention or campaign for him. If a vote were taken to select the most hated man in the world, Bush would "win" in a landslide and Cheney would finish second.
Natedro
You're hilarious.
Polemic
With all the horrible things Bush and Cheney during their administration, it's hard to imagine what they would have to do to lose your respect. If lying to go to war with Iraq, wiretapping your phones, torturing people, destroying checks and balances, eroding your civil liberties, selling out your safety for business profits, and abandoning New Orleans in an emergency doesn't do it? Man what would it take? Oh yeah, health care legislation that the country can't afford. Oh Wait! Bush did that too with the $1.6 trillion dollar unfunded Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. I guess your just a political hypocrite.
Ken in Atlanta
You started out talking about Bush and Cheney and wound up talking about Obama.
Are you stupid or just confused.
Communism is the opium of the ignorant.
Bill589
Cheney is so much smarter than Obama. It's not close. Obama, however, is considered to be more handsome, and can give the best speech out of anybody, except for, of course, Sarah Palin. I wonder if Palin will hire Cheney to a government post in 2012?
I Love Foxers
Do you honestly believe Palin will be elected President in 2012? Sarah Palin is an absolute bimbo who, if elected, would resign the Presidency after 2 years because she couldn't shoot moose in Washington and missed her growing number of illegitimate grandchildren back in Alaska?
A. Capone
Now THAT would be the end of our country.
man from TN
"SHE never begins an attack,NOR, when once engaged,ever surrenders: SHE is therefore an emblem ofmagnanimity and true courage... She never wounds till SHE has generally given notice,even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of TREADING UPON HER."...........................................................................
..... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN..writing as "AN AMERICAN GUESSER."
"THE PEOPLE have a RIGHT,an indisputable,unalienable,indefeasible,devine RIGHT to that most dreaded and envied kind of Knowledge-------------------------------
----- I mean the CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF THEIR RULERS.!"...................
..............................JOHN ADAMS...2ND PRESIDENT
and i believe that WE THE PEOPLE have seen all we need to see as to the character and conduct of these "imitation" rulers. THE ADMINISTRATION IS NO MORE THAN A PUPPET FOR THE soros agenda, bought and being paid for with our $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, WE THE PEOPLE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS--NOW! Congress needs to cal for an investigation and impeach!!!
Ex Republican
Cheney led the Afghan war for 7 years, then he retires and leaves it ongoing for the next administration.
7 years........
So of course Afghanistan is Obamas fault..
calostri
what a big mess isnt send more troops 250 000 to be exact maybe the can hunt dow osama isnt osama the main goal of the past admn they forgot the us and leave us a big f mess over here send more troops
Ken in Atlanta
Well, yes!
Authentic Conservative
Government control of GM, at tax payers expense
Government control of Chrysler, at tax payers expense
Government control of AIG, at tax payers expense
Government control over the major banks, at tax payers expense
next, Government control over the health care system, at tax payers expense
all this and a boy-president that doesn't have the ability to make a decision that is good for the American people...we are in real trouble.
Ex Republican
Spam it Birther!
WooT!
Authentic Conservative
One more thing "no one took barack obama at his word" - 07/28/2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-_sWRdEyk
Authentic Conservative
One more thing "no one took barack obama at his word" - 07/28/2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-_sWRdEyk
Authentic Conservative
One more thing "no one took barack obama at his word" - 07/28/2009
*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-_sWRdEyk
Authentic Conservative
One more thing "no one took barack obama at his word" - 07/28/2009
*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-_sWRdEyk
Authentic Conservative
One more thing "no one took barack obama at his word" - 07/28/2009
*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE-_sWRdEyk
Authentic Conservative
IS THIS STILL AMERICA?! (George S. Patton
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEX3-1QtgQ0
TxGold
obama is waffling because he's a coward that's afraid to make a decision. Cheney knows this and I'm glad he's calling him out!!!!!
Authentic Conservative
K. MARX-says
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Title 18, U.S. Code, § 1001. Even if a person is lies orally and isn't under oath, it is still a crime. The section goes like this: it is a crime to 1)knowingly and willfully; 2) make any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation; 3) in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the U.S. Cheney did this.
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And under your authority he is guilty, when and where did he do his time? or it's President's Bush's Fault? Right, It all really depended on the definition of what is is
A. Capone
Did the CIA not out Cheney for keeping secret information from Congress?
"walking the line again"
Authentic Conservative
Hey Huckle Berry I am back
*Where is the crime? Where are the criminal charges? All speculation on your part, Facts please, just facts, no crime no foul.
Please answer, i doubt you can
K. MARX
Title 18, U.S. Code, § 1001. Even if a person is lies orally and isn't under oath, it is still a crime. The section goes like this: it is a crime to 1)knowingly and willfully; 2) make any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation; 3) in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the U.S. Cheney did this.
Loyal American
Put in the subject: Vote NO on Pelosi Healthcare bill or we vote NO in 2010EMAIL BLUE DOGS- just copy and past and send to ALL the Blue dogs at once !!!!
n09ima@mail.house.gov, mike.ross@mail.house.gov, drew.goesl@mail.house.gov, john.zody@mail.house.gov, ashley.jones@mail.house.gov, joe.bonfiglio@mail.house.gov, donna.pignatelli@mail.house.gov, stacey.alexander@mail.house.gov, stuart.chapman@mail.house.gov, tim.mccann@mail.house.gov, meg.joseph@mail.house.gov, kate.haas@mail.house.gov, sharon.wheeler@mail.house.gov, sam.marchio@mail.house.gov, angela.kouters@mail.house.gov, brad.morris@mail.house.gov, pia.carusone@mail.house.gov, susan.mcavoy@mail.house.gov, howard.bauleke@mail.house.gov, matt.walker@mail.house.gov, april.metwali@mail.house.gov, scott.fairchild@mail.house.gov, beecher.frasier@mail.house.gov, elizabeth.hart@mail.house.gov, ron.carleton@mail.house.gov, melanie.morris@mail.house.gov, hayden.rogers@mail.house.gov, bob.siggins@mail.house.gov, candace.abbey@mail.house.gov, trish.reilly@mail.house.gov, cori.smith@mail.house.gov, denis.fleming@mail.house.gov, lisa.quigley@mail.house.gov, joel.elliot@mail.house.gov, peter.chandler@mail.house.gov, charles.jefferson@mail.house.gov, tessa.gould@mail.house.gov, timothy.bergreen@mail.house.gov, john.hess@mail.house.gov, linda.macias@mail.house.gov, phyllis.hallmon@mail.house.gov, terry.stinson@mail.house.gov, adrienne.elrod@mail.house.gov, jason.buckner@mail.house.gov, mark.brownell@mail.house.gov, scott.nishioki@mail.house.gov, stephen.peranich@mail.house.gov, jennifer.walsh@mail.house.gov, vickie.walling@mail.house.gov, chad.causey@mail.house.gov, dean.mitchell@mail.house.gov
Put in the subject: Vote NO on Pelosi Healthcare bill or we vote NO in 2010