The Dark Lord Speweth . . . .

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[ Link associated with above picture:  http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/07/31/26940/cheney-proposal-for-iran-war/ ]

[ Visual aid:  "Calm down," The Gadfly whispers to himself through clenched teeth, "just take a deep breath and go to your happy place." ]:

FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 10:18 AM EST

Former Vice President Dick Cheney blasted President Barack Obama on Monday for proposed cuts to the military, saying the President would prefer food stamps to a strong national defense.

Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Cheney if he thought Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's proposal to shrink the Army to pre-World War II levels was "dangerous."

“I've obviously not been a strong supporter of Barack Obama. But this really is over the top," Cheney said. "It does enormous long-term damage to our military, and they act as though it's highway spending you can turn on and off."

Cheney noted that "friends" he's worked with in the Middle East no longer trust the United States and lamented that budget considerations were taking a toll on the prestige of the American military.

“[Obama would] much rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops,” he said.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cheney_obama_prefers_food_stamps_to_military

Has anyone else noticed that Fox "News" pretty much appears to be the sole remaining national media outlet that is of the belief that Dick Cheney is still in possession of human character traits which contain any semblance of credibility and integrity, or whose views on what is best for the country contain any semblance of relevance or are deserving of respect?

The man is a war criminal.  He helped to lie this country in to two wars, besmirched our nation's international reputation by employing the torture of prisoners, and was the puppeteer hand guiding the ruinous economic policies of one of the most dimwitted and incompetent Presidents in U.S. history.  Instead of spouting his venal ruminations over the American public airwaves, Mr. Cheney ought to be rotting away in a maximum security detention cell in The Hague, along with a few other former Bush administration goons.

"The President would prefer food stamps to a strong national defense."

Hmmm - let us analyze that dollop of wet, creamy, festering, and steamy pile of doggy poop word salad for a moment shall we dear readers?

First - for Mr. Cheney to be spouting off about what might be considered causes of "long-term damage to our military" - that simply has to be the soaring pinnacle of smug arrogance.

Apparently Mr. Cheney is not of the view that the following could be considered damaging to our military, long-term or otherwise:

Casualties in Iraq The Human Cost of Occupation Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact American Military Casualties in Iraq  Date Total In Combat American Deaths Since war began (3/19/03): 4489 3528 Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 4347 3424 Since Handover (6/29/04): 3627 2899 Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256 128 Since Operation New Dawn: 66 39 American Wounded Official Estimated Total Wounded: 32021 Over 100000 Page last updated 02/19/14 10:27 pm EDT List of U.S. Servicemembers killed since 5/1/03 Put a Casualty Counter on Your Website U.S. Wounded Daily DoD Casualty Release 320,000 Vets Have Brain Injuries War Veterans’ Concussions Are Often Overlooked How Many Servicemembers Were Wounded? 18 Vet Suicides Per Day? Iraqi Casualties Others Other Coalition Troops - Iraq 319 US Military Deaths - Afghanistan 2310 Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan 1111 Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq 1,487 Journalists - Iraq 348 Academics Killed - Iraq 448 Sources: DoD, MNF, and iCasualties.org

http://antiwar.com/casualties/


Secondly dear readers - the following words were spoken by a former President, a Republican - a hero of World War II - a man whose lifetime accomplishments and credentials in the areas of honesty, humility, wisdom, and humanity tower over those of Mr. Cheney like the Empire State Building would tower over a dilapidated, wooden outhouse.

Take heed, Mr. Cheney, of the words spoken by Dwight David Eisenhower:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/9556.html


Hmm -- If The Gadfly didn't know any better dear readers, it sounds like what the message that then President Eisenhower, a man who saw more than his fair share of war's death and destruction while leading America and the Allies to victory over the Nazis and Japan in WWII, was trying to convey there was, that his fellow Americans would be far better off spending it's national treasure not only on food for our poor (of whom nearly a million are Vets) - but also things like decent wages and working conditions for our workers, investments in non-military related scientific research, bettering the future quality of life of our children, and seeking ways to improve the overall human condition of our planetary species.

In other words Dick -- can The Gadfly call you Dick? -- Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, would he still be with us today and responding to your venomous prattling, would very likely look you straight in the eye and tell you to go fuck yourself.

And since it is a fair analysis to postulate that that is how former President Eisenhower would have responded to Mr. Cheney --- The Gadfly will wholly concur --- therefore --- Hey Dick!!  Go Fuck Yourself!!!




----TFG