The Bloody Legacy of Cheney's Failures (DER SPIEGEL)

[Call Me Wesley]

Eight Years after 9/11


While Cheney warns of a "what if" future, many are forced to deal with the bloody wounds of his devastating past.

By Gerhard Spörl (DER SPIEGEL)

After 9/11, Dick Cheney took the reigns of America. The 'war on terror' was his idea, and it led to real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- and to the torture he approved and defends. While Cheney is writing a memoir to influence how people see his role, the rest of the world would just prefer to get on with cleaning up his mess -- with him out of the picture.

Dick Cheney has bought a house in McLean, an upscale community in the largely rural state of Virginia. Although it's conveniently located near Washington, DC, it somehow seems far removed from America's bustling capital. Eight US presidents have been born in this state, and it just might be that Cheney sees himself as standing shoulder-to-shoulder with them since, after all, he has also served as president -- for three and a half years. Or perhaps it'd be more accurate to say that George W. Bush served as president under Cheney, looking after odds and ends, while Cheney took care of the big picture. Dick was responsible for America's strategy in the 21st century.

Cheney is busy writing a memoir. Given the fact that he is a highly secretive man notorious for keeping a tight lid on things, this has raised some eyebrows in America. He is someone who asked questions or silently listened and took notes for his personal use after many meetings in the White House, at the Pentagon and at CIA offices. He is the ultimate insider -- and someone who places little value on recognition from the general public.

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[Robeysays]

1. love that magazine. nt

[ensho]

2. kick

nt

[bridgit]

3. a family affair - war profiteers the lot of them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/lizzi... http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2001/...

[Call Me Wesley]

4. It's better than being a banker it seems,

at least for the last eight years. Big business, still going way too strong. Thanks for the links!

[bridgit]

5. Heard it just yesterday on radio a short list of ongoing American, well...

I guess you'd have to say 'themes', but one of them was war - ongoing MIC war since the bombs bursting in air and all that as part of why the defense budget is so huge and why it is such a daunting task to stop it as it's just been rolling along uncontested for so long.

hubby knows a guy awarded a contract to mill and produce hydraulic pistons that were supposed to be a replacement part for a fighter aircraft I forget which one, but he became a millionaire just working the contract for that one part cause it lead to rubber grommets and 'O' rings and all kinds of stuff few people ever thing about, and that's not counting the larger stuff: turbine blades, parachutes, ejector seats & propellant, bombs, bullets and sparks - Warbucks, Daddy Warbucks...

That's the dude messing stuff up

[joeybee12]

6. And why do other countries report the truth and we have layers

of BS in our MSM?

[Call Me Wesley]

7. It does seem that journalism in the US,

especially on 24/7 tv so-called-news muzak, has come to a new low. Even I remember a CNN when it was worth to watch it, but those days are over for sure.

[joeybee12]

8. If the car is red, and the repuke says it's blue, the car, according to

the MSM is controversial.