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In reply to the discussion: Well, there ya go . . . Game-changer [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)10. Cheney has been worried since Obama was elected:
Daughter Liz: Dick Cheney is Afraid of Torture Prosecutions
May. 22nd, 2009
Last night on CNN, Liz Cheney revealed that her father former vice president Dick Cheney is speaking out in defense of torture right now because he is afraid of being prosecuted for war crimes. Apparently, the person that Cheney is most interested in protecting is himself.
Cheney said, I dont think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January. But I think, as it became clear that President Obama was not only going to be stopping some of these policies, that he was going to be doing things like releasing the the techniques themselves, so that the terrorists could now train to them, that he was suggesting that perhaps we would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration.
I dont think anybody should be surprised that a man who is motivated by, and motivates others, with fear is frightened of prosecution. Cheney is on the attack, not out some desire to protect the nation, he is trying to save his own legacy, and keep his butt out of prison. Guys with heart conditions dont do well in the old pokey. Every once in a while a little bit of truth manages to sneak through, the GOP argument in favor of torture.
http://www.politicususa.com/Cheney-Torture-Fear.html
Lot of stuff at that link, too.
May. 22nd, 2009
Last night on CNN, Liz Cheney revealed that her father former vice president Dick Cheney is speaking out in defense of torture right now because he is afraid of being prosecuted for war crimes. Apparently, the person that Cheney is most interested in protecting is himself.
Cheney said, I dont think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January. But I think, as it became clear that President Obama was not only going to be stopping some of these policies, that he was going to be doing things like releasing the the techniques themselves, so that the terrorists could now train to them, that he was suggesting that perhaps we would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration.
I dont think anybody should be surprised that a man who is motivated by, and motivates others, with fear is frightened of prosecution. Cheney is on the attack, not out some desire to protect the nation, he is trying to save his own legacy, and keep his butt out of prison. Guys with heart conditions dont do well in the old pokey. Every once in a while a little bit of truth manages to sneak through, the GOP argument in favor of torture.
http://www.politicususa.com/Cheney-Torture-Fear.html
Lot of stuff at that link, too.
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So I take it you advocate violent overthrow. Or what is it that you do advocate?
mick063
May 2013
#39
Yeah, Dumbya and Darth had a closed question-and-obfuscation session about 9/11
Art_from_Ark
May 2013
#20
I corresponded with some Canadians who contacted The Hague during the Bush years.
freshwest
May 2013
#15
Could it have anything to do with the fact that one of the first things the Bush* Junta did after...
Ghost in the Machine
May 2013
#21
I knew that, but the idea was that they'd 'do something.' We did get a case number, though.
freshwest
May 2013
#23
Breaking News: Dick Cheney finally fucks himself ...after many calls for him to do it.
L0oniX
May 2013
#28
We will be tortured by Dick Cheney's bad advice for several generations to come.
Baitball Blogger
May 2013
#29
Luckily for Dick he declared the office of the VP to be separate from the other 3 branches of gov't.
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2013
#31