The Real Terrorists

"If You Leave" by Musiq feat. MJB

...you think I'm so full of it, full of it / I think I'm just fed up...

Right on time, Richard Cheney.

I was watching the news this late evening (after an exhaustively exciting day that I shall recount in Magic Woman, The Working Definition, and all up in through here) and caught a glimpse of Anderson Cooper's (mmm...good) interview with President Obama.

The interview was juxtaposed with some soundbites from former Vice President Cheney. He explicitly said that the policies of Bush's administration, like the Patriot Act, kept terrorists at bay and the US safe from attack.

Not to long ago, I published a blog about the terrorist "attackless" years we've had since 2001 (in the US). I wondered if it was a function of chance or of the Bush administration's policies specifically meant to impede the progress of American destruction by international and domestic terrorists.

Cheney has answered me, directly son. He said that America has not been attacked because of the Bush policies. He elaborated to say that the books will show this fact. Files from the Bush administration will support his claim that Bush and his administration made us safer.

Cooper asked a guest on his show, following Obama's interview, about the enemies that the Iraq "War" has earned us and how they factor in to this idea of America being safer.

And that is a good question. What relationship do these new enemies, born of the invasion of Iraq, have with our safety?

I'm still on my friend's bandwagon that this "war" on terrorism has been a failure, considering it in a global sense, which is how we should consider it. What happened in Madrid and Glasgow and more is possible here. Therefore, we are not "safer" considering the global circumstances.

Adjunct to his claim that the policies kept us safe, Cheney was spewing some vitriol to and about the Obama administration. He seemed upset that Obama had some admonishments for the way Bush and his administration handled foreign affairs.

What kind of poor taste is that, as the former Vice President, to tactlessly and defensively attack the current administration?

He criticized Obama for wanting to "talk nice" to the terrorists. Obama hasn't answered him. Hopefully he knows not to dignify that with an answer.

Since you just left the office of the most stressful job ever, should you not consider him (Obama) as a political brother in this fraternity that is American government? Even if your ideals are different and your politics are not parallel, the ultimate goal is to improve and upkeep America, so whatchu mad fa? You are not VP anymore and it would be great to offer support and suggestion and not criticism and callus commentary. Idiot.