Generals Accuse Cheneys Of Spreading Scaremongering "Nonsense"

[democracy1st]

About a dozen retired generals and admirals, trying to add momentum to President Barack Obama’s effort to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, are accusing former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz of scaremongering about the dangers of closing it.

“It’s up to all of us to say these arguments advanced by Cheney and his acolytes are nonsense and that really what they’re doing is undermining our national security by delaying the date at which Guantanamo is closed,” retired Brig. Gen. James Cullen, a former chief judge of the Army’s Court of Criminal Appeals, told POLITICO Tuesday.


“Some of the fear issues that are being raised in this are really unfortunate. It gets people excited about things they shouldn’t be excited about and impedes doing what is critical to this country. Get that damn symbol off the table,” said retired Gen. David Maddox, a former Army commander-in-chief for Europe. “We take a setback every time somebody, whether it’s the vice president or his daughter comes out and says the things that they say….We have to get out there again and just keep pounding.”


The former vice president and his daughter declined comment on the criticism.


The former military officers, whose Washington visit was organized by Human Rights First, argued rather bitterly that the Cheneys have exaggerated the risks of bringing Guantanamo prisoners from Cuba to the United States.



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[JuniperLea]

1. Whoa! And this from politico!

Shocking, I tell you! Shocking!

[fascisthunter]

2. ...that's what terrorists do to get what they want

they try to terrify people.

[NewJeffCT]

3. I'm still stunned that Dick Cheney has any credibility whatsoever

but, this is the media that still gives Pat Buchanan, Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity jobs, too.

[mrdmk]

7. Makes you wonder why someone why a 19% poll rating when he left office has any say what-so-ever

Oh, by the way, which media station was he on?

[BuyingThyme]

4. Translation: The Cheneys are a terrorist organization.

[RKP5637]

8. Very True!!! n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

11. And so are the media who keep catapulting the propaganda

[Chemisse]

5. Maybe the Dick and his spawn will recede into the shadows

I hope so, since the daughter has political aspirations. *shivers*

[spanone]

6. k&r.....

[bluestateguy]

9. Retired generals are fine, but what we need are active duty generals

to speak up and support the president's (their commander in chief) policy.

[anigbrowl]

13. I don't think active duty generals are allowed to speak publicly on policy like that

[bluestateguy]

15. He's the commander in chief

The decider. The Top Dog. The Commander Guy.

He has every right to order his generals to say nice, supportive things about his policies.

[anigbrowl]

19. I don't think you understand the distinction

Cheney's talk is a political matter. Active duty military officers are forbidden from involving themselves in politics. This is a good thing, otherwise we'd have had tame uniforms on TV throughout the Bush administration calling out Democrats. I suggest you ask someone who's been in the military to explain it to you, since you obviously don't believe me.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. The fact that that motherfucker is not in jail yet is just another

failure of the Democratic leadership, or lack thereof.

[Wilms]

12. k&r n/t

[Vidar]

14. Good for them.

[Ikonoklast]

16. There are plenty of career military men still angry at the Bush Administration

for completely fucking over their respective branches of service.

Cheney and his minions just about broke the military.

[Mike Daniels]

17. Of interest..."The former vice president and his daughter declined comment on the criticism."

Man, if retired military people calling out Dick and Liz on their BS shuts them down then I'd love to see the military put their 2 cents in anytime.

[area51]

18. military

I love it when the military slams 5-deferments Cheney, who said about military service, "I have more important things to do." Assclown.