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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe rehabilitation of war criminal dick cheney is in full swing, everywhere.
And frankly, it is nauseating. He spoke out against krasnov??? He helped create the orange monster, let us never forget. One moment of clarity (and, personally, I think it was jealousy that krasnov is a bigger grifter and wannabe tyrant) does NOT make up for a lifetime of evil.
leftstreet
(41,213 posts)niyad
(133,783 posts)Ocelot II
(131,123 posts)But maybe what looks like rehabilitation is actually just a recognition that by comparison to what we've got now, he only looks very bad instead of spectacularly bad and galactically stupid.
niyad
(133,783 posts)to describe lying us into the Iraq horror, that is not a "by comparison" downplay, but a basic whitewash.
Ocelot II
(131,123 posts)That's just bullshit. We've known for years that the WMD report was a bald-faced lie.
niyad
(133,783 posts)Ocelot II
(131,123 posts)Torchlight
(7,006 posts)His 2025 Rehab Tour will be lauded by sealions, but not many others of good will. He passed without any redemption, an asterisked footnote to poli-sci textbooks in 50 years will be his only legacy.
niyad
(133,783 posts)SheltieLover
(81,542 posts)niyad
(133,783 posts)SheltieLover
(81,542 posts)Not sure why people rush to try to make a dead person a saint.
He was a fucking evil repuke war criminal.
niyad
(133,783 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,887 posts)Glad I cant hear-it.
Oh and the radio? when its on, Its on the College station, primarily classical music and limited news.
niyad
(133,783 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,887 posts)getting rid of the daily fed bs on msm helped to lower BP.
niyad
(133,783 posts)Lived a monster. And then he died. Monsters die.
niyad
(133,783 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(18,169 posts)I agree with most of your post, except for the part above, I think it had to do with Been A Dick Donald and his miserable band of MAGAt's going after his daughter, he was like a mama bear protecting her cub, but you are right, one good deed does not wipe out a lifetime of evill.
niyad
(133,783 posts)same time.
As I was telling a friend earlier, I am not forgiving or generous when it comes to human monsters.
Mysterian
(6,603 posts)The mass media is the enemy of freedom and democracy.
niyad
(133,783 posts)ShazzieB
(22,820 posts)When reporters ask too many questions he doesn't like or write too many unflattering things about him, they can get kicked out of the White House press corps. I think reporters are under a lot of pressure from their employers to avoid doing that.
Unfortunately, reporters have bills to pay just like the rest of us and need to keep their jobs, and most of the major media outlets are either in "don't rock the boat" mode or are owned by billionaire Trump sycophants. It sucks big time.
Initech
(109,160 posts)And made the other guy apologize to him for getting in the way of his shot.
niyad
(133,783 posts)Nanjeanne
(6,628 posts)niyad
(133,783 posts)underpants
(197,049 posts)Dick Cheney is dead. Good.
niyad
(133,783 posts)NCDem47
(3,514 posts)I'm sure it will be nauseating.
niyad
(133,783 posts)oberle
(398 posts)malaise
(297,664 posts)Eff this shit
niyad
(133,783 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)niyad
(133,783 posts)Martin68
(28,040 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 4, 2025, 04:48 PM - Edit history (1)
niyad
(133,783 posts)Grim Chieftain
(1,976 posts)I live in a very red state and drove around for months with a "Bush Lied, Soldiers Died" bumper sticker. Cheney was instrumental in that horrid war. Damn him.
popsdenver
(2,551 posts)coming "out"...........Like Liz Cheney.........you put him into power, like Frankenstein's monster, released him on all of us, and now don't know how to control him, OR Steven Miller, and Russel Voght......
Kevin Cloyd
(108 posts)Three American rounds in the forehead and an instant cover-up, including burning his clothes and armor is not random friendly fire.
Did I mention that Tillman was going to come out against the invasion of Iraq and had contacted Noam Chomsky on that subject?
niyad
(133,783 posts)Dr. T
(693 posts)kimbutgar
(27,506 posts)The death of another evil villain is more interesting to report on TV.
spanone
(142,022 posts)Iggo
(50,032 posts)Nanjeanne
(6,628 posts)surfered
(14,117 posts)31,994 wounded, a lot of PTSD, and illnesses associated with toxic burn pits and exposure to our own depleted uranium munitions.
And the lasting damage of lying not only to the public, but also to the men and women who sign up to protect this country from actual threats.
niyad
(133,783 posts)looting of the museum.
pecosbob
(8,481 posts)ananda
(35,434 posts)And believe me, he was no saint either.
niyad
(133,783 posts)karynnj
(61,075 posts)there were at least at least some very negative assessments. I heard of his death when it was mentioned on NPR. Shortly after, there was BBC News which was pretty hard on him, especially in a longish segment where an Iraqi spoke of Cheney. Referring to after the fact comments that even knowing everything, it was the right thing to do. Asked if eliminating Saddam was worth it. His answer was very stark - over 1 million dead and the infrastructure decimated - no, it was not worth it.
niyad
(133,783 posts)and others who seem to think that FINALLY speaking out against the monster that he helped create somehow earns him points.
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)choie
(6,987 posts)when we don't hold war criminals accountable.