Cheney praises Bush in Tulsa<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president,"<\/strong> Cheney said. His remarks did not cover any new ground. He plugged Oklahoma’s Republican congressional delegation and presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain, advocated more oil wells and refineries as the solution to rising gasoline prices and predicted dire economic consequences if current temporary tax cuts and incentives are not made permanent. <\/p>\nThe biggest share of his time, however, was spent on Iraq, Afghanistan and terrorism. "Our strategy is the right strategy," Cheney said. "The only way we can lose is to quit." "To leave the area now would invite a situation similar to the one in Afghanistan after the Soviet Union’s withdrawal in the 1980s," he said. <\/p>\n
"We were engaged in that country, lending support to the mujahadeen against Soviet forces," he said. "Afterwards, everybody walked away and forgot about Afghanistan. What followed was a civil war and the emergence of the Taliban. In 1996, Osama Bin Laden was invited into Afghanistan. He trained thousands of terrorists, some of whom were part of the attacks here on the United States." Cheney said leaving the region now would show America "doesn’t have the stomach for a fight." "If we were to withdraw from Iraq, our friends would hear that message and so would our potential adversaries," he said. <\/p>\n
Cheney called the Democratic Congress "irresponsible" for allowing domestic surveillance authorization to lapse. Congress actually passed the authorization but President Bush vetoed the bill because it did not include the liability protection for telecommunications companies that the administration wanted. Addressing energy and rising fuel prices, Cheney blamed Democrats for blocking domestic oil and gas production, including exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I’m beginning to tire of parsing Cheney. It’s monotonous to read what he says. It’s monotonous to listen to his growl. I’ll bet it’s even monotonous to be him. There is one piece from his Tulsa speech yesterday that deserves comment. "
Cheney said leaving the region now would show America ‘doesn’t have the stomach for a fight. If we were to withdraw from Iraq, our friends would hear that message and so would our potential adversaries,’ he said.<\/strong><\/em><\/font>" Two things. The reasons for being in Iraq, the mission, is not mentioned. They never talk about it. If the mission was to stop some threat from Saddam Hussein’s Regime, no problem. He wasn’t a problem in the first place, and he’s dead [as are his sons and his government]. But they always<\/u> say what Cheney says here, essentially that we’ll look like quitters<\/em>, or cowards, <\/em>or chickens<\/em>, or sissies<\/em>. Playground bullies talk like that always. Playground bullies are also typically quitters<\/em>, or cowards, <\/em>or chickens<\/em>, or sissies<\/em> if they are confronted with an equal or greater force.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
For all of their bluster and posturing, both of Bush and Cheney are obsessed with not looking like cowards – or should I say, the cowards they are. It’s tragic to consider how much their destruction of America has been related to their combined psychopathology. Two frightened little boys trying to look tough – insecure children trying to please the big [business] guys… <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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