Half man, half machine

Today, as I'm sure many of you know, Dick Cheney gave a public speech weeks in the making about GITMO, water boarding, and all in all national security. Obama also gave a speech, however I'll let other talking heads tackle that one, as my overall opinion is that it sounds like more campaign rhetoric than a President addressing the nation.

Wikipedia gives a brief and direct history of Dick Cheney's Republican career: " A conservative Republican, he served (1970–73) in various White House posts during the Nixon administration and as President Gerald Ford's deputy assistant (1974–75) and de facto chief of staff (1975–77). Elected to the House of Representatives from Wyoming in 1978 and reelected four times, he became House minority whip in 1988. Cheney remained in Congress until 1989, when President George H. W. Bush appointed him secretary of defense, a post he held until 1993. Cheney played an important role in the strategic planning of the Persian Gulf War (1991). In 1995 he became the CEO of the Dallas-based Halliburton Company.
Five years later Cheney was picked by Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush to be his vice-presidential running mate..."

As you can see the man has a long career and a lot of experience, especially being the secretary of defense, and the planning of the (successful) Persian Gulf War. Now, whether you agree with water boarding or don't isn't really the point of this post. Whether you like Dick Cheney or you don't, isn't the point of this post. The point of this post is that THIS MAN KNOWS WHAT THE HELL HE'S TALKING ABOUT! Everybody nods their head and murmurs "Mmhmm...yeah..." as Obama talks about the "mess" the Bush administration made of foreign affairs, yet they forget the President we have now has ALMOST NO EXPERIENCE in that department. To be fair, he did keep on board Gates and several others that were experienced and did good work. But besides that, all he does is give lofty rhetoric about closing GITMO (even though Congress didn't give him the money to do so because he doesn't have a plan to do it) and about water boarding being "unacceptable" (which as I've said on my show and also last night on www.offthehandleradio.com , my concern isn't whether he does it or not. New administration, new policies, ok. I understand. But to demonize the Bush administration by releasing the quote unquote torture memos, and then to NOT release the information that was achieved by these methods when Cheney publicly asks for it? I think those actions speak for themselves.)

As far as everybody talking about "Why won't he just disappear? He's not the VP anymore, why does he care?" Well I DON'T BLAME HIM for doing what he's doing. His policies are under attack and with the DECADES of experience he has, I'd choose the Terminator, I mean Dick Cheney, over Obama any day. I mean lets face it, the man CAN'T DIE! He shot a guy in the face and the next day the guy made an apology to Cheney for getting in the way of his gun. Some people look at the above statements as reasons to hate Dick Cheney, I happen to like him more because of it. Hell, I'd like to have him over for a glass of scotch and a stogie and talk politics with him...as long as he doesn't suggest we go hunting together.