Dick Cheney: A Life Pattern of Sabotaging the Security of the United States

[Old and In the Way]

by Paul Abrams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/dick-cheney-a-life-patter_b_201948.html

As in the torture discussions, Dick Cheney has always tried mightily to portray himself as a staunch defender of the United States. For the most part, on that claim, the media has given him a pass. The MSM "discussions" of Cheney's aggressive statements focus on their (often highly questionable) veracity and their political impact.

But Cheney's argument that he was just trying to protect America does not wash. He has a scurrilous life pattern of providing aid-and-comfort to enemies of the United States. Here are 4 examples in reverse chronological order:


#4. Releasing the detainee memos. Following the declassification and publication of the Bush legal memos designed to provide cover for torture, Cheney decried their release as endangering the country and, almost in the same sentence, called for the release of other documents that he said would show the valuable information the torture produced.

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#3. Outing Valerie Plame. We know from the Libby trial that Cheney was the instigator. He may very well have been the person who conveyed Plame's name and position to Libby.

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#2. As CEO of Halliburton, carrying on (illegal) business with Iraq and Iran. Dick Cheney was Defense Secretary to George HW Bush. After the first Gulf War, Cheney defended not going to Baghdad and removing Saddam Hussein saying that US troops would be caught in house-to-house combat and that Saddam was not worth the lives of "not that damned many" Americans.

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#1. As Congressman, voted against banning plastic guns. Plastic guns would be undetectable by metal detectors and thus wreak havoc with our airport and building security system. Even the National Rifle Association could muster only 3 votes in the House of Representatives. If all Members voted, that would be 432-3.

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Nothing new here for those of us who have read many fine research articles posted at DU by Mark Levey, Robert Paulson and others...but it's good to see that a high visibility internet site like HuffPo is setting Dick Cheney's record straight. The man is a world-class war monger and war profiteer. A terrorist who wears a business suit with a flag pin.