Cheney Praises Obama For Coming Around

[lame54]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/18-1

Those are the nation's most extreme conservatives praising Obama's Terrorism policies. And now Dick Cheney himself -- who once led the "soft on Terror" attacks -- is sounding the same theme. In an interview last night with NBC News, Cheney praised Obama for continuing his and Bush's core approach to Terrorism:

"He obviously has been through the fires of becoming President and having to make decisions and live with the consequences. And it's different than being a candidate. When he was candidate he was all for closing Gitmo. He was very critical of what we'd done on the counterterrorism area to protect America from further attack and so forth. . . .

I think he's -- in terms of a lot of the terrorism policies -- the early talk, for example, about prosecuting people in the CIA who've been carrying out our policies -- all of that's fallen by the wayside. I think he's learned that what we did was far more appropriate than he ever gave us credit for while he was a candidate. So I think he's learned from experience."

Cheney was then specifically asked whether he stood by his early attacks on Obama's national security policies -- "You said you believe President Obama has made America less safe. That he's actually raised the risk of attack. Do you still feel that way?" -- and Cheney, not exactly known for changing his mind, essentially said that, thanks to Obama's continuity, he now does not:

"Well, when I made that comment, I was concerned that the counterterrorism policies that we'd put in place after 9/11 that had kept the nation safe for over seven years were being sort of rapidly discarded. Or he was going to attempt to discard them. . . . As I say, I think he's found it necessary to be more sympathetic to the kinds of things we did."

[lame54]

1. .

[piratefish08]

2. that just about says it all.

[LWolf]

7. +1

[bdamomma]

3. cheney needs to go under his rock again

did anyone catch the NBC Nightly news last nite? Brian Williams was interviewing them all Pres. Pappy Bush, Colin Powell, Brent Scowcroft, Cheney and some other guys, were talking about the 1st Gulf War, and why are they giving play to all these scoundrels who should be in jail? namely Cheney.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Is he

STILL talking?

[lame54]

5. as long as his monkey heart keeps beating

[grahamhgreen]

6. Hope and Cheney you can believe in!

[Gold Metal Flake]

8. Evil shit that he is, Cheney is connected to all the power.

Praise from Cheney is revealing.

[dionysus]

9. all a RWer has to do is praise a Dem and suckers will buy it hook, line, and sinker apparently.

[lame54]

10. meaning?