The latest in a number of revelations coming out of his new book, former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed that a 2007 leak to the Washington Post was released by National Security Adviser Steve Hadley on direct orders from President Bush himself.
Cheney had lambasted the leak in an Oval Office meeting, accusing the leaker of doing a “real disservice” to the troops occupying Iraq and insisting “we have to correct this, particularly with our generals in the field.” After the meeting Cheney was informed that Bush was the leaker.
The article, a May 22, 2007 op-ed by David Ignatius, detailed the possible “post-surge” strategy in Iraq, with the plan admitting that Maliki’s government was likely to remain weak and sectarian and suggesting the US seriously limit its goals in the war.
The article was seen as a “test balloon” and by all indications the test lost. There was no “post-surge” strategy for President Bush in Iraq, because the surge continued through the end of his second term and into President Obama’s. The Maliki government remains weak and sectarian, and violence appears to be trending up, not down. Though even the Bush Administration envisioned the war being on the brink of ending by now, officials now are discussing keeping troops in Iraq for years to come.
When will we ever learn? We invaded Iraq based on a pack of lies and now we want to stay based on a pack of lies. The two biggest reasons seem to be: we must protect Iraq from the boggymen of Iran and we need to stay there to help train them. We then have State throwing in all their lies about Iran providing weapons and training to members of the Mahdi Army. State and the Pentagon have been pleading and arm twisting the Iraqis to allow them to stay. It appears they are trying to protect the huge profits that will continue to flow to the contractors and mercenaries, as well as keeping the largest US Embassy in the world open. It's time to leave.
Cheney is a LIAR and a WAR CRIMINAL.
ALL of the conditions that caused the end of the Roman Empire now exist in America – especially moral corruption in the Government.
America is now being run by gangsters and war criminals in the White House, the Congress, and the Pentagon.
History is sort of like 'Mother Nature' – NOT to be fooled with – fail to learn the lessons of History and doomed to repeat the mistakes that caused the fall of ALL other empires.
It is 1984 in America – LIES are truth; WAR is peace; DICTATORSHIP is democracy; SLAVERY is freedom.
Cheney's book isn't even butt wiping material. If he is going to tell us how good a war criminal he is then he should tell us how he tried to precipitate attacks against Iran at least twice. He could also tell us how many people were killed on his direct orders by a team of Special Ops troops. He could also tell us how he engineered the lies that were fed to naive Judith Miller of the NYT and he would use those lies as proof that Iraq need to be attacked. Think also the outing of Valery Plame. Cheney is one very dangerous diabolical bastard. We are so lucky he and Rummy, the evil twins, are no longer in the Government.
So the dickster would have us believe the dumb one was allowed to do something without the dickster knowing?