ABC News VIDEO: Dick Cheney Says 'Obama Deserves Credit' for Osama Bin Laden's Death

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Dick Cheney Says 'Obama Deserves Credit' for Osama Bin Laden's Death

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dick-cheney-osama-bin-ladens-death-obama-deserves/story?id=13509547



Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised President Obama for the success of the mission against Osama bin Laden, but in an exclusive interview with ABC News warned that it would be "a tragedy" to spend so much time "patting ourselves on the back" that we miss the next attack.

"The administration clearly deserves credit for the success of the operation," Cheney told ABC News, adding that getting bin Laden has long been "the ultimate goal, the ultimate objective" of the U.S. counterterrorism program.

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Cheney even had good things to say about President Clinton's early pre-Sept. 11 effort to get bin Laden, calling the operation part of "a continuum" spanning three administrations.

"I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden," Cheney said. "It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time -- thousands have worked this case and these issues and followed on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so-forth."

[WinkyDink]

1. Well, LA-DI-DA. Thank you, Massa Cheney!

[demosincebirth]

2. Who care what he says. He's irrelevant, now.

[closeupready]

5. +1

nt

[On the Road]

3. That is a Nice Thing for Him to Say

For someone who has such a hardass exterior, though, he seems to be a very frightened man, living in an undisclosed location and always thinking about being attacked.

[geardaddy]

4. What a twunt. n/t

So, Clinton tried and Obama tried and succeeded and you guys dropped the ball.

Go Cheney yourself, Dickie-boy.

[Frustratedlady]

6. The bad side of killing bin Laden...

These creatures come crawling out from under their rocks. If they knew all the answers, why was bin Laden allowed to live in luxury during so much of their term?

Stuff it, Dick (and Liz, as well). NO ONE cares what either of you have to say!

[SalviaBlue]

7. Hey Dick, that almost sounds like a threat...

"warned that it would be "a tragedy" to spend so much time "patting ourselves on the back" that we miss the next attack"

[Frustratedlady]

9. He should know. He missed the first one!

Obama can multi-task.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Call me paranoid, but I was thinking the same thing. A complement

coming from a guy like Cheney is pretty close to telling Obama he's in for it big time.

[dionysus]

8. he looks, so vibrant and well...

:rofl: