Reply #39: OT - Dick Cheney's 40-Year Plan

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http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bob_port_070116_dick_cheney_s_40_yea.htm

Of all the eyebrow-raising statements that have gushed forth from Administration officials over the past week, there's one which stands out to me as the most telling and terrifying of all. Not surprisingly, it's also the one that seems to be receiving the least national attention.

Mind you, there really have been a lot to choose from. Mr. Bush ran the gamut from dictatorial to comical, beginning with "I've made my decision...we're going forward" in pre-emptive defiance of a Congress resistant to his latest Iraq victory plan, and ending with a mind-boggling reference to himself as "Educator In Chief."

The Vice President chimed in with the inane "You cannot run a war by committee," dismissing, I suppose, the historical and Constitutional role of the House, the Senate, the Pentagon, and a myriad of other advisers in conducting any American military adventure.

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley scored big with "I think once they get in harm's way, Congress's tradition is to support those troops," a shockingly blatant demonstration of the Administration's willingness to gamble our soldiers' lives in a game of "chicken" with the Legislature.

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And yet, with such a rich variety of blather from which to choose, the "Most Overlooked Threat To Our Future" award simply has to go to Mr. Cheney, who stated matter-of-factly on Sunday,

This is an existential conflict. It is the kind of conflict that's going to drive our policy and our government for the next 20 or 30 or 40 years. We have to prevail and we have to have the stomach for the fight long term.

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