Posted on 08/25/2011 12:11:07 PM PDT by Perdogg
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says in a new memoir that he urged President George W. Bush to bomb a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor site in June 2007. But, he wrote, Mr. Bush opted for a diplomatic approach after other advisers — still stinging over “the bad intelligence we had received about Iraq’s stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction” — expressed misgivings
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Political memoirs are so frequently a self-serving drag, but I’m ordering this one today.
Hmmm...so much for the ‘Cheney is really in charge’ drivel.
Agreed.
In addition to having a first rate mind, he also upsets the Dems to no end. Even out of office, they will wet themselves over this.
A national treasure indeed!
If memory serves me right... Israel did the bombing of a secret Syrian nuclear facility for us in 2007. Cheney is a good man and I’m sure he had knowledge and influence in this decision. Compare him to the boob in the VP position now.
I am not sure if this was the right thing to do. Esp given the constitution draft is backed by sharia law.
and the present president is a muslim.
Not only that reactor but the whole Bekka (sp?) valley. Should have bombed that convoy of Russian trucks into Borscht.
“He wrote that he believes that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to undermine President Bush by privately expressing doubts about the Iraq war, and he confirms that he pushed to have Mr. Powell removed from the cabinet after the 2004 election.”
Wall kiss mah grits and knock me over with a feather!!!!
Cheney is the who SHOULD have been President. My guess is Obama would NOT be sitting in the White House if he were.
During the show I kept wishing that he would run for POTUS.
Then they showed this picture:
Looks terrible since last heart attack.
Too bad. I think he could beat Obama.
Yep, Dick Cheney is a great American.
If Bush had Cheney clones instead of weak links like Rice and Powell, America would have been better served in the WOT.
It would have been the greatest practical joke ever played on an incoming president by his predecessor.
Giving "Boobs" a bad name. Complete Asshole is more like it.
He couldn’t run. Bad ticker. But we got him anyway, thanks to GW. Cheney was his best hire.
Had Vice President Dick Cheney been given the green light on the bombing of Syria, we’d be living in a far better world. Of that, there is not an iota of doubt.
I have shaken the man’s hand and know people who know him. Besides being off the charts smart, he is a humble, down to earth guy. A true son of Wyoming.
But I thought Bush was a warmonger who attacked everybody!
NY Slimes taking a victory lap. “We put enough doubt into W’s head to stop this”.
Why do you say that about Rice? She was a great Sec. of State. She can bore a room full of diplomats, with banal diplomacy talk, all day long. That's all that's required.
“I am not sure if this was the right thing to do. Esp given the constitution draft is backed by sharia law and the present president is a muslim.”
Are you talking about Syria or America?
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