"Cheney created a monster. He came to oppose the monster. That does not undo his life's work."

[Miles Archer]

Few political figures over the past 50 years paved the way for the country’s current crisis more than former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Tuesday at the age of 84.

As George W. Bush’s vice president from 2001 to 2009, Cheney promoted the unitary executive theory to consolidate power in the presidency, advocated for abuses of international and U.S. law in the global war on terror, including the use of torture on detainees, and pushed a unilateral foreign policy to invade Iraq that sidelined allies and ultimately upended the entire global order.

Cheney lived long enough to see his vision fulfilled, with a unitary executive operating above and outside of the law and a U.S. foreign policy unconstrained by alliances and humanitarian laws coming to fruition in the form of President Donald Trump’s second administration. In the end, Cheney came to oppose the monster he created. After endorsing Trump in 2016, Cheney turned away from him after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and endorsed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump in 2024.

This end-of-life reconsideration, however, does not undo his life’s work.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dick-cheney-death-legacy_n_690a65aae4b0ccb451d75fcf?origin=home-whats-happening-unit

[ColoringFool]

1. War Criminal Who Deserves No Mourning

American Amnesia.

[DemocracyForever]

2. Cheney was involved in Florida 2000 election theft too

His was in on a number of the strategy decisions to block all of the Florida 2000 votes from being counted. I shed no tears for him. Cheney's attacks on Trump for using the roadmap created by the Bush campaign in Florida in 2000 is hypocrisy at its worst.