Dick Cheney: Obama Admin Is The 'Most Damaging... Since World War II'

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

Former Vice President Dick Cheney told a crowd of Republicans on Tuesday night that the Obama administration has been the worst in 70 years, according the Wall Street Journal.

The administration has been “the most damaging, certainly, since World War II,” Cheney said at an event hosted by the conservative Young America’s Foundation in New Jersey.

Cheney lambasted Obama's foreign policy decisions during the 30-minute speech, saying that he expected the Iranian nuclear negotiations to fail and arguing that America's traditional allies in the region have lost “all lost faith and confidence” in the U.S.

“We have a terrible situation now. We need leadership to turn it around,” Cheney said.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Says the person who did the most to damage the 'faith and confidence'

in the USA by lying to allies about Iraq.

[still_one]

21. that and caused a complete financial collapse of our system.

[BeyondGeography]

2. There never has been a worser President everer

[think]

3. Why would anyone ever believe this man?

Unless they work for Halliburton or the oil industry....

[BobTheSubgenius]

47. Believe him?

I find it hard to believe that anyone would waste their time even listening to him.

[Frank Cannon]

49. There are raving maniacs in bus stations...

whose opinions have more value, on almost any conceivable topic. It truly is insane that the media in this country continually offer him a forum for his bilge.

[abakan]

62. Well you got the raving maniac part right.

How any sentient benign, could give credence to his babble, is beyond me.

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. Climb back into your mole-hole, dick.

[titanicdave]

5. Not By A Long Way..

is the Obama administration the most damaging, Dick.....it was YOUR administration that was by far the most damaging to our country and to the world in general.......so in your own words,......"go f**k yourself"....

[brush]

15. I think he knows he and W were the worst . . .

so every chance he gets he bashes Obama.

It's the old switcheroo — saying look how bad this guy is so people forget about the two wars he and W started, the housing crisis, the busted economy, the lost jobs, the budget surplus squandered, the debt ran up — it plays to his teabagger base but the rest of us are not fooled.

Plus, we know pure evil when we see it.

[Laurian]

6. FFS. I am sick to death of hearing from this cretin.

He needs to shut up and go away. Why would anyone give his opinion about anything a second thought.

[on point]

7. Typical republican projection. Bush Cheny actually worst, blame others

[Zambero]

8. New heart, same lame brain

Cheney, former CEO of no-bid Halliburton, laments not having jumped headlong into yet another neocon-inspired Mideast war that would add $3 trillion or more to the deficit and reinvigorate the body bag business. Negotiations with Iran are likely fail, he says, not alluding to the fact that he is hoping for such failure since it would greatly enhance the possibility of war. All this is "damaging" and "terrible", says Cheney.

[workinclasszero]

9. Dick Cheney, war criminal

New York Times suggests war crimes prosecution of Dick Cheney
Posted on December 22, 2014 | By Joel Connelly

The New York Times has called for a “full and independent investigation” into torture of terrorism suspects, arguing that “any credible investigation” should include possible commission of crimes by former Vice President Dick Cheney and ex-C.I.A. director George Tenet.

The 534-page executive summery of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s exhaustive investigation “erases any lingering doubt” about the “depravity and illegality” of “sadistic tactics like ‘rectal feeding’” as well as water boarding and hanging suspects by their wrists, the newspaper argued Monday in an editorial.

The Times’ editorial came as two groups, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, called on Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/12/22/dick-cheney-in-the-dock-nyt-suggests-war-crimes-prosecution/

[City Lights]

10. No Dick, that would be your administration.

The one you shared with Junior.

Go fuck yourself, Dick.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Dick would fit right in on this board...

[truebluegreen]

17. SSDD.

[Blue_Tires]

20. cheers m8

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. Not really.

Most of the people who criticize Obama criticize him for doing things too much like Republicans. They have no good words for Cheney at all.

[Jefferson23]

12. What Cheney meant to say is, Obama did not start WWIII, and I find that damaging to our interests.

[Ghost Dog]

55. He's saying that the WWII US Administration was worse...

... Presumably because he thinks it (eventually) supported the wrong side.

[Jefferson23]

59. lol, probably so.

He has a lust for the death of the others...no doubt.

[George II]

13. Really? Damaging to whom, him because Obama shut off his steady stream of cash?

Remember, Cheney was previously CEO of Halliburton, and still had/has ties to the company. Halliburton received BILLIONS of dollars in no-bid contracts to "rebuild" Iraq. He personally made millions of dollars from the Iraq war!

[onecaliberal]

14. This from the mother fucker who did more to damage

American reputation than any other human on the planet.
Cheney is a war criminal. I'm sick of hearing what he has to say. Why is Chelsea manning in prison while this piece of shit is free to run his mouth?!?

[Turbineguy]

16. That's about right.

FDR fucked up by beating Hitler instead of letting him turn the US into a Nazi Paradise.

EAT SHIT AND DIE, dick!

[liam_laddie]

18. god, if it/she/he exists...

...outside our imaginations, should have a fine time applying the worst possible torture techniques to Cheney and all his lackeys; 43, Rummy, Wolfowitz (please take away his comb!), Condi, ad infinitum. They deserve nothing less!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. E-yechh. This Young America's Foundation conference looks like a real slice of hell.

From their Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/yaf

[LongTomH]

52. Young America's Foundation????? Why the Hell are young people listening to this ancient zombie?????

[chuckie29]

22. I agree with Dick

After World War II, this country prosecuted war crimes. This administration has declined to prosecute obvious war crimes.

You could make the case that the administration actually committing the crimes is worse but I don't want to get too picky.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

28. You could make a case?

No, I'm pretty sure the people who actually do crimes are worse than those who refuse to prosecute those crimes. I think you have to make a case to switch the two around.

[chuckie29]

44. Sorry.

My bad. I keep forgetting that it is almost impossible to make sarcasm online obvious because of the outlandish things people believe. My original post was missing: .

[Renew Deal]

23. Obama is the worst president since FDR

I can live with that.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Time to take a hike

[Botany]

25. So says the man whose war produced ISIS

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/20/14975/finding-truth-935-lies-about-war-iraq

Dick should be in jail for war crimes.

[valerief]

26. When is this asshole going to die? Jesus, the world has had enough of him. nt

[wordpix]

32. I wonder if there'll be dancing in the streets when he goes - he belongs in jail

[valerief]

33. He belongs in a jail with a low dirt ceiling. nt

[Coventina]

29. Freud would be proud.

Classic projection!

[Martin Eden]

30. Why does anyone give Cheney a platform to express his opinion?

HE was a principal architect of the disaster he's complaining about.

[wordpix]

34. spoke @repuke gathering & they still love him- that's how stupid they are

[Martin Eden]

40. I posted the follwing Comment at WSJ:

Why would the WSJ (or any prominent publication with a shred of integrity) provide Dick Cheney with a platform to express his opinion? He was one of the chief architects of the disaster now unfolding in Iraq, and has been demonstrably and tragically wrong in matters of national security. Instead of pointing fingers at anyone besides himself, Dick Cheney should be begging forgiveness and/or facing indictment for deliberately misrepresenting the available intel to launch the war that was on the neocon agenda before 9/11.

[wordpix]

60. thanks

[Retrograde]

51. Because he has enough dirt on W to make Jeb pay attention?

IMHO, Cheney wants to be VP again, or at least get a position of power in the next Bush administration.

[Martin Eden]

56. Cheney has enough dirt on himself for burial

He has no leverage to blackmail Bushco, unless he convinces them he doesn't care if he goes down too.

No, what we're seeing here is Cheney being treated like an elder statesman instead of a war criminal by the corporate media that is an accessory to the crime.

[wordpix]

31. $4.4 Trillion ME Wars + millions killed/displaced/maimed forever, thanks Darth

snip: The U.S. has spent and taken obligations to spend approximately $4.4
trillion on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan not including the money requested for
FY2015. http://costsofwar.org/sites/default/files/articles/20/attachments/Costs%20of%20War%20Summary%20Crawford%20June%202014.pdf

[pangaia]

35. I'm not even going to even click on this post.

Opppss, I did.

At least junior has mostly been keeping is mouth shut.

[Geronimoe]

36. Negative barometer

Since all is the opposite of what Cheney says, President Obama must be doing a pretty good job.

[WestSeattle2]

37. "Leadership" means "war" to Cheney and his ilk. Gotta keep the cash flowing to Halliburton.

[4Q2u2]

38. I guess he slept

He must have missed Nixon.

He does not think Shrub was the worst President becasue he does not think of Shrub as the President.
He was just a guy that Chenney had his hand up his butt to make talk.

[Vinca]

39. I challenge Dick to give away his Wall Street gains since 2008.

[Botany]

42. How about the 3,281% return he made on his Halliburton stock 2004 and 2005?

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Cheneys_stock_options_rose_3281_last_1011.html

[Gregorian]

41. What an excellent endorsement!

[William Seger]

43. Well, he was speaking to the "conservative Young America’s Foundation"

Here's a pic of their clubhouse:

[Demeter]

45. What? He Didn't Like FDR? F*** Cheney!

[Orsino]

46. Therefore he isn't.

That was easy.

I wish. We get the indefinite detentions, but not a New Deal.

[damyank913]

48. Darth Cheney-at it again. He's so pickled that he'll never die.

Why is it that, except for John McCain, the biggest war mongers are the ones that never put on a uniform before?

[ailsagirl]

50. Hit the nail on the head as usual, dick

[LongTomH]

53. Cheney makes me regret being a Universalist

I frequently wish I could believe there's a white-hot metal plaque down in some circle of Hell, marked: "Reserved for Dick Cheney"

[6000eliot]

54. Says the vile piece of dog shit who has done more damage to this country than practically anyone.

[treestar]

57. No, that would be yours, Darth.

You and that puppet know as Dubya.

[blkmusclmachine]

58. Evil speaks.

[Bossy Monkey]

61. Go to The Hague and say that, Dick. n/t

[angrychair]

63. "Really, that's interesting"

Says PBO as he polishes his Noble Peace Prize medal while reading stories about lowest unemployment in over a decade and the highest stock market numbers in history and a federal deficit below the 50 year average and best of his presidency.

[Skittles]

64. love how they pretend the Dubya disaster never happened

Dubya never poked a stick into the hornet's nest, according to puppet master Cheney

[YOHABLO]

65. Well if it's Dick saying that: Then Obama will go down as one of the best Presidents.