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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 07:29 AM
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Matthew Rothschild: Cheney Mimics Pinochet in Rationalizing Torture
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Cheney Mimics Pinochet in Rationalizing Torture
By Matthew Rothschild, August 31, 2009


So there was Dick Cheney roasting the marshmallows that Chris Wallace had put on a stick for him.

See Dick fume.

See Dick blow smoke.

See Chris fawn.

Example: Wallace ask Cheney about whether it was a mistake not to bomb Iran, “knowing that here as Barack Obama and he was going to take a much different—“

Cheney: I am going to—if I address that, I will address it in my book, Chris.

Wallace: It’s going to be a hell of a book.

Chencey: It’s going to be a great book.

The whole interview was obscene. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/wx083109.html




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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 07:48 AM
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1. Lets just hope he suffers Pinochet's fate
...and ends up behind bars
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 07:03 PM
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2. he certainly does - and cheney still walking around a free man
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