Dick Cheney: Obama Lost Some Opportunities With His Handling Of Osama Bin Laden Raid

[TomCADem]

Source: Huffington Post

In a Thursday radio interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt, Cheney was asked whether he would have advised president Barack Obama to "allow the victory dance that occurred and the operational details to come out." Cheney's answer amounted to no.

“You don’t go out and broadcast the fact that you’ve got the guy," Cheney said. "You want to take that intelligence and be able to exploit it over the next few nights, and wrap up large parts of the network. … They were in such a hurry to go out … and announce victory, that I’m convinced that they probably did not get maximum damage out of the intel that they had captured.”

Back in May 2011 at the time of the capture, Cheney credited the Obama administration for its sound judgment in carrying out the mission. But on Thursday, he also appeared to suggest that the president and his staff never really credited the Bush administration for its part in the puzzle.

"They needed to recognize, as some have, although he never really has, but all the work that was done by our intel professionals over a period of ten years to make that possible," Cheney told Hewitt.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/dick-cheney-obama_n_4163421.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Cheney blasts President Obama for not giving credit to him and Dubya.

[msanthrope]

1. This was in GD on Thursday, when it happened. nt

[Kolesar]

4. Wouldn't fit under "Good Reads", either ... eom

[DonViejo]

29. This is a duplicate of an LBN post...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014631344

[Schema Thing]

2. lol, it's as if this stupid fucker never heard of twitter.

[arcane1]

3. "in such a hurry to go out … and announce victory" Hmm, now what does that remind me of...?

Oh yeah, this:

[Vincardog]

5. Considering Cheney's record of abject failure and corruption who gives a rat's a$$ what he says?

My vote: not me.

[gopiscrap]

6. Dick Cheney needs to crawl into his cave

and turn of his pacemnaker

[rocktivity]

7. Obama should have have at least questioned Bin Laden BEFORE executing him

just has he and Bush had planned to?


rocktivity

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. ...to think someone donated a perfectly good ticker

to this worthless prick....

[avaistheone1]

9. WTF?

We know Cheney has no heart, but what I didn't know is that he is brain dead.

[ourfuneral]

10. America lost a big opportunity on Nov 2, 2004

[Thucydides]

11. Mission Acomplished, just not on your watch DICK!

Stole this from another dU'er, hope you don't mind......

[Skittles]

12. oh shut the FUCK UP CHICKENHAWK

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[rtracey]

13. ummmm

Is this just a jealous thought process....we couldn't get him, then we gave up on him, then the black guy got him, and didn't give us credit for fucking it up, sooo he lost face? ummm FUCK YOU CHENEY

[Drunken Irishman]

14. Remind me how many times Cheney caught bin Laden?

[titanicdave]

15. Here, Dick, In your

own words that you spoke to a member of congress several years ago and I suggest you follow your own advice..........

GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!

[thelordofhell]

16. Yeah, it's not like, say, draping an American flag over a toppled statue

Or keeping Saddam's gun as a souvenir..................Go fuck yourself Cheney

[SoapBox]

17. Shut the fuck up, Satan.

And give the heart back.

[libodem]

46. .

[tabasco]

18. Sure, could have let him go

and terrorize the nation with, "Ooga booga! Osama's gonna get you!" to give war profiteers billions of dollars.

Like you did, Chicken Dickie.

[SoapBox]

25. Don't forget that he was another "draft dodger" type!

Like most of the Bush Regime.

[agincourt]

19. And in other news

Donald Trump says that combovers are an example of bad taste; why does anybody still interview this idiot?

[MillennialDem]

20. Ok, besides the obviously WELL DESERVED Cheney bashing (for the pricks him and Dubya are)

Dick... how are you going to explain the downed stealth helicopter in the middle of Pakistan?

[indepat]

21. Just what the President needs: Cheney to micro-manage his administration and fix all things not

right-wingy enough.

[appacom]

22. fuck dick cheney

[Incitatus]

23. I don't think the US sending the Seals into Pakistan and losing a secret aircraft

was something they could keep quiet for very long. Especially from intelligence agents in all groups.

[olddad56]

24. what would Dick Cheney know about credibility?

[Gothmog]

26. I have trouble caring about cheney's opinion on anything

Cheney has no credibility

[orpupilofnature57]

27. Go take care of our CV Heart, in your chest . And as you said to Sen. Leahy

Go fu-k yourself .

[liberalmuse]

28. Oh Cheney, you're such a Dick.

I don't blame him so much as I blame every single medial outlet that allows this serpent to whisper sweet nothings into their ears and then trumpets his words to the masses. Seriously.

[winter is coming]

30. "all the work that was done by our intel professionals over a period of ten years"

Uh huh, was that before or after Bush said that capturing bin Laden wasn't a priority? (One of the few true statements likely ever made by Bush.)

[obama2terms]

31. Oh puhleez!

The CIA knew where Bin Laden was for like what 5 years? And the Bush admin. had the opportunity to get Bin Laden and they didn't, because they didn't have the balls and Obama did. He sounds like jealous child. Either way, he's dead and gone and in the end that's all that matters.

[Major Hogwash]

32. Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your opinion, old white guy, who has no job, and is just living like a leech off of the rest of society!!

[gtar100]

33. Such as letting him get away and keeping the boogeyman alive.

That's what he would have done... aside from the fact he wouldn't have even bothered trying to get him in the first place. Repugs are so upset Obama took away their scare tool. It's really too bad people don't suffocate when they have their head up their ass. It would remove a lot of hinderences to progress.

[Dopers_Greed]

34. You can be sure that if they got OBL during Bush's presidency...

That the neocons would have broadcasted it so loud that other planets could hear it.

[lunasun]

35. Dick is wretched history rewiting scum

My creepy crawly story for tonight "Pure Evil Slime"

[blackspade]

36. Cheney can fuck off.

[Mojo Electro]

37. Dipshit.

As if word wasn't going to get out.

[trusty elf]

38. .............

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[JDPriestly]

39. Dick Cheney is a poor loser.

[JDPriestly]

40. Just the fact, nothing but the facts.

When were the Twin Towers built?

construction began in 1966, The north tower was opened in Dec. 1970 and the south tower in Jan. 1972

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090117051542AAOCsLn

Presence of asbestos in the World Trade Center.

During the time when the World Trade Center was planned and constructed, asbestos was a very prevalent building material. It was highly heat resistant, easy to incorporate into a number of materials and relatively inexpensive. As a result, asbestos-containing products like insulation, drywall, steel and fireproofing materials were incorporated into a number of structures within the World Trade Center buildings. An estimated 400 tons of asbestos were used.
Asbestos and the World Trade Center Infographic

When the Twin Towers collapsed to the ground on September 11, 2001, a massive cloud of smoke, dust and debris released these hazardous asbestos fibers and other toxic substances into the air. Asbestos fireproofing materials from 20 stories of the towers came showering down on New York City. According to reports from the EPA, the implosion from the towers "pulverized asbestos to ultra-fine particles."

http://www.asbestos.com/world-trade-center/

Halliburton, Cheney's company, and asbestos liability. December 2001 article.

A recent trio of asbestos-related verdicts may be enough to push Halliburton (HAL) into a financial black hole. And, while few other oil service companies have Halliburton's potential level of exposure, the fear of costly litigation could be enough to push investors away from the sector.

Last Wednesday, a Baltimore jury verdict saddled Halliburton with $30 million in additional asbestos liability. While that alone may not seem terribly significant, as $30 million is pocket change for the company, the continued jury verdicts against the company are a real threat. Including the Baltimore case, Halliburton subsidiaries have lost three verdicts in three months, with liability pushing $125 million.

"Thirty million dollars, in the scope of things, is nothing," says Dan Pickering, director of energy research at Simmons & Co., a Houston energy investment firm, and a member of the TSC Energy Roundtable. "It's the data point and what it means that people are reacting to."

Halliburton shares lost 43% of their value Friday to close at $12, as news of the Baltimore verdict made the rounds.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10005152/1/asbestos-claims-make-halliburton-hazardous.html

In 1998, Halliburton merged with Dresser Industries, which included Kellogg. Prescott Bush was a director of Dresser Industries, which is now part of Halliburton; his son, former president George H. W. Bush, worked for Dresser Industries in several positions from 1948 to 1951, before he founded Zapata Corporation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

I am not advocating for a conspiracy theory about 9/11. In fact, I don't believe there is any evidence that the asbestos alleged to have been in the Twin Towers was in any way linked to Dresser Industries or Halliburton. But I wonder if anyone has investigated that. This idea has not been confirmed, but has it ever been explored and would it be possible to explore it should someone wish to do so?

Cheney is, in my opinion, a despicable person who, himself, twists and re-creates facts to suit himself. I do not ascribe any acts to him that have not been proved, but I do not rule out wrongdoing on his part.

My opinion is that Cheney is not to be trusted. Nor are the Bushes.

[Orsino]

41. The PNACkers certainly lost one of their golden opportunities.

One that had pretty much played out, though.

[Thor_MN]

42. Credit for three year old, worthless intel?

Go fuck yourself, Cheney.

[Beacool]

43. When you presided over a clusterf*ck that cost the lives of many thousands of people,

it behooves you to keep your trap shut and refrain from commenting on your successors. At least Bush has the good grace to keep quiet and continue painting self-portraits and dogs. Cheney should take up a hobby, although not hunting.

[Historic NY]

44. We need to make sure.........

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[RFKHumphreyObama]

45. Because of course Bush and Cheney didn't do a victory dance

and broadcast and gloat to all in sundry when Saddam was toppled in 2003. Remember "Mission Accomplished"? And the conflict was only really just beginning

Dick Cheney is a vile excuse for a pathetic joke whose contributions to national security are laughable

[Arugula Latte]

47. FAIL!! You Bush admin assholes FAILED to catch him!!

After you IGNORED warnings that he would attack!!

Fucker!!