Cheneys Ding Obama On National Security, Defend NSA Programs

[DonViejo]

CATHERINE THOMPSON 10:35 AM EDT, SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 2013

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) and his daughter Liz Cheney made a joint appearance at the conservative Steamboat Institute's annual Freedom Conference on Friday, where they expressed disappointment with President Barack Obama's attitude toward national security.

The former vice president, who made national security a priority in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, stressed that the U.S. is still under threat at home.

“The biggest threat facing us are terrorists armed with something more dangerous than plane tickets and box cutters,” Cheney told the sold-out crowd in Steamboat Springs, Colo., as quoted by the Steamboat Pilot & Today.

Liz Cheney, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Wyoming, was critical of Obama's attitude toward conflicts on foreign soil. Cheney said that one only has to watch the news on television to see that "the world is worse when America is weak or walks away," according to the newspaper.

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[MotherPetrie]

1. That's real gratitude for you!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Well, they would, wouldn't they?

Most of us are objecting to the NSA being too intrusive; the Cheneys apparently think it isn't intrusive enough. And that we aren't doing enough war.

Have I ever mentioned that I think the Cheneys are really evil people?

[Politicalboi]

3. LOL!

"The biggest threat facing us are terrorists armed with something more dangerous than plane tickets and box cutters,”

He's still using that one. Planes that vaporize but DNA is collected and identified. STFU you POS.

[winter is coming]

4. The biggest threat to us are people like the Cheneys.

The DOJ should be reassessing its decision to protect the BFEE.