Dems angered by Cheney warnings

[sabra]

Source: Politico

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s warnings about the risks of closing Guantanamo Bay prison and changing other Bush-era policies this week angered Democrats and some top counter-terrorism experts, who said Cheney was reviving the same scare tactics voters had rejected in electing Barack Obama.

Cheney made his comments in an interview this week with Politico in which he unyieldingly defended the detention facility and coercive interrogations of terrorism suspects — and warned that changing course would invite another mass-casualty terror attack potentially worse than the ones on Sept. 11.

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“It’s ludicrous to think that the way Cheney articulated is the only salvation for the U.S. against the threat of Al Qaeda terrorism,” said Roger Cressey, who served as a counterterrorism official at the National Security Council during the Clinton and Bush administrations. “For every positive that came out of the Bush policies, there have been many more negatives.”

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Other Democrats were outraged at Cheney’s assertions that the new administration will backtrack on protecting Americans. “It’s time to retire the fear card,” said Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat. “I’m sure that (Cheney) feels that he operated correctly during his years in the vice presidency. I get that. But I think there was a huge cost to the approach he took.”


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[AndyTiedye]

1. DarthCheny, Please Go Hunting With Scalia Some More, And Bring LOTS OF BEER

:beer: :beer: :beer:

[jwirr]

7. Hell I will pay for the beer.

:-)

[calimary]

18. And I'll look into the Face of Evil and thumb my nose and say "SO?"

Hey, DICK, as your partner-in-CRIME used to say, "who cares what you think?"

[madrchsod]

2. we are americans

we are afraid of nothing and we are afraid of no one.

[bdamomma]

6. and since when do we need to be protected we are not children either!!

[No Elephants]

9. I am not afraid of dying, but I did fear Bushco and still do. And I do not think my fear is

misplaced. They did enormous damage to our nation and our planet, and they continue to try to do more.

[Raine]

15. Agree ... the reTHUGs have

turned Americans into cowards :scared: and I'm sick of it! :argh: :mad:

[Royal Sloan 09]

3. Tom Hartman, says, "Dick Cheney is a Terrorist !" eom

[Robbien]

4. Dems aren't angered. Most just shook their heads at him

and went on with other important matters.

The Politico tries to demean Dems by saying they are irrationally "outraged" about this.

No one really gives a care except for the oddity of watching an old man make a clown of himself.

[No Elephants]

10. Good point about Politico.

[Taverner]

5. Are any Republican sites lauding Cheney as a visionary?

What are the inbreds saying over in FR?

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. She should have said "Hey Dick. Here's a quarter. Go call.....

somebody who gives a fuck about what you think."

[OwnedByFerrets]

11. Dont be angry.....

press to charge him with the same illogical terrorism laws that he had instituted into our judicial system.

[LaPera]

12. NOT a "Warning" Outright LIES & MANIPULATION trying to frighten people to destroy the democrats!

[LynnTheDem]

13. AMERICANS should be angered by cheney bullshit.

Those who aren't snivelling little cowards, that is.

[bemildred]

14. Let him warn us from the dock. Let him defend himself in court. nt

[tanyev]

16. Well, we did have Pete Sessions urging the Republicans to be insurgents.

Maybe we will need Gitmo soon.

[fascisthunter]

17. Want to Express Your Outrage, Dems? Get him in front of a judge!

then watch him squirm

[KillCapitalism]

19. Fuck him...

He obviously WANTS a terror attack to take place. That way he can say "Told ya Obama was soft on terror."

[opihimoimoi]

20. I Dream is to see him in Charlie Mansons cell forever....no escape...

[Joe Chi Minh]

21. If he weren't at the apex of the military-industrial complex, he might speak

on such matters with a tad more authority. As it is, it's as if he's saying, "Let me make billions more from "the war on terror", at home and across the globe - or the terrorists will get you!