From The Washington Times:Mr. Cheney said that administration's dismantling of many of the policies and protections instituted by President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — including the planned closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba and halting controversial prisoner interrogation techniques — have made the country more vulnerable to future attacks.
"That's my belief," Mr. Cheney said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "I think to the extent that those [Bush-era] policies were responsible for saving lives, that the administration is now trying to cancel those policies … means in the future we're not going to have the same safeguards we've had for the last eight years."
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My Comment: I predict that the media, left leaning blogs, and the political class are going to have a "cow" over these remarks tomorrow morning. But Vice President Cheney makes a number of valid points, especially in regards to how the Bush Administration was successful in preventing terrorists from striking the U.S. homeland again right after 9/11.
President Obama and his team are petrified over the scenario that another successful Al Qaeda strike against America may be laid at their feet. They are fully aware of the political consequences if their policies to defend America fail .... and as such they hate it when Vice President Cheney points all of this out for all to see.
Yup .... its going to be fun reading reactions to Vice President Cheney's remarks tomorrow morning.
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