Cheney Calls Obama "Radical," Says 9/11 Trials a "Huge Mistake"

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday continued to press against President Obama's plans to fight terrorism both domestically and abroad.

Appearing on Fox News, Cheney said the administration's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other men allegedly behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a civilian federal court was a "huge mistake."

The trial would allow Mohammed an opportunity to "generate a whole new generation of terrorists,'' he said, and make him "a hero in certain circles, especially in the radical regions of Islam around the world."

As for the president's decision to escalate the level of troops in Afghanistan and to potentially begin withdrawal in 2011, Cheney said the plan was "better than withdrawal now" but still vindicates Al Qaeda strategy that "if you kill enough Americans, you can change American policy." Senior Obama administration officials have repeatedly insisted the 2011 goal is not a deadline for the war and that the U.S. wants to start transferring responsibilities to Afghan forces at that time.

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[av8rdave]

1. I wish that POS would STFU

[CatholicEdHead]

2. Remind me again, why is Cheney still thinks he relvant?

[madmom]

7. Well you have to remember that when he was given the task of finding

a vp candidate for b*sh he couldn't find anyone better than himself. That tells you everything you need to know about his ego.

[jgraz]

18. Remind me again why Cheney is not in prison?

Oh right ... looking forward... :eyes:

[Solly Mack]

3. Snicker

[VaYallaDawg]

4. Cheney was, is, and always will be a huge mistake.

[The Stranger]

5. Why hasn't Cheney been arrested yet? How has this mass blanket of ignorance persisted for so long?

[Andy823]

6. Well...

If you ask me a trial for Cheney and Bush would be a huge mistake also. We should just put them in some off shore prison and forget about any stinking trial! Let him and Bush rot in that prison while they complain and scream about their "rights", and tell them what they did to this country makes them the kind of person that doesn't deserve any trial!

[bulloney]

8. Can Cheney be more obvious that he's afraid of what'll come out in the trials that incriminate him?

[rocktivity]

9. Rocktivity calls Cheney "Insane," Says 9/11 an "Avoidable Mistake

By the Bush White House."


rocktivity

[bergie321]

10. I guess

following the Constitution is "radical" now. That explains a lot about the Bush/Cheney administration...

[LynnTheDem]

11. Yes dick, coz just mass-graving any untried people we declare "terrorists"

is so AMERICAN WAY. And won't "generate a whole new generation of terrorists".

Trial by jury is so ANTI-AMERICAN. And will "generate a whole new generation of terrorists".

Coz when we SAY ONE THING and then DO THE OPPOSITE, it doesn't "generate a whole new generation of terrorists".

Oy. :eyes:

[gratuitous]

12. Bank robbers think enforcing the law is a huge mistake, too

Why does Mr. Cheney have so little regard for the Constitution and the American justice system that using it to punish criminal wrong-doing is a "huge mistake"? Or was Fox News too busy with their new zero tolerance for on-air mistakes policy for anyone with a microphone to think of that rather obvious question?

[tanyev]

13. Uh, you already generated a whole new generation of terrorists with your invasion of Iraq, Dick.

[elmerdem]

14. Dick Cheney

the only possible reason to keep Guantanamo open! indefinite detention anyone?

[Bitwit1234]

15. For someone who was always hiding and sneaking around

during the eight years he ran the country, this evil S.O.B. is sure trying to win friends and influence people. Nary a Democrat would have the guts to believe anything he says. And to tell the truth there are a heck of lot of the republicans who have finally found him out.
WE ALL JUST WANT HIM TO GO AWAY...GO AWAY...GO AWAY. AND SHUT THE HELL UP.

[Lugnut]

16. STFU Dick.

Who cares what you think.

[MilesColtrane]

17. Cheney, you fucking douchebag, you know what generated a whole new generation of terrorists?

...the indiscriminate killing for no reason that was YOUR war in Iraq!

[Gregorian]

19. Dick Cheney generated a whole new generation of terrorists

He really doesn't want us to find out.

[unblock]

20. way to support the commander-in-chief, dick.

[Metta]

21. Why is anyone listening to this vampire reptile?

He wasn't credible then, he's a wanton windbag now.

[Jello Biafra]

22. Cheney is worried that Mohammed will spill the beans...

and tell them in court that Cheney brought down the towers not Mohammed.