Well, as I've written elsewhere, Rumsfeld now has someone to talk to in the George W. Bush Section of the Special Places in Hell Wing of the netherworld. Reservations still being held for Dumbya, of course, as well as National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, CIA Director George Tenet, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, formerly the top US commander in Iraq, and Gen. Geoffrey Miller, former commander of the US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lower tier but just as culpable war criminals include Attorney General John Ashcroft, as well as the lawyers who crafted the legal “justifications” for torture, including Alberto Gonzales (counsel to the president and later attorney general), Jay Bybee (head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)), John Rizzo (acting CIA general counsel), David Addington (counsel to the vice president), William J. Haynes II (Department of Defense general counsel), and John Yoo (deputy assistant attorney general in the OLC).
This is a terrific list. If you are keeping a list of monsters from that era, here are a few additions: Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, and Paul Bremmer. Great job!👏
Colin Powell... Could have changed history, maybe even have brought down the American Empire, if he had instead said at the UN, "What I just related to you is a crock, contrived by the Bush administration to justify an illegal invasion of Iraq." He caved instead.
Drumpf, his family and don't forget his son-in-law, and all the incompetents in over their heads by a mile - having the audacity to take money for being useless to the country that didn't vote them in. Of course, Musk and satanyahu must have a hot spot waiting fof them too. Then there's Starmer, Lammy, Blair......... with this lot and more, hell better be a huge place because we haven't touched Oz yet.
It is possibly the greatest number of individuals killed anywhere from the actions of one man, AND ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORTED HIS CAUSE, approved all the way by a weak and pathetic President from a once respected country.
Somewhere, mois78, some journalist, somewhere, one with a sense of decency who does not work for the Western media, will identify the almost exact number of deaths in that shameful exercise.
It is there somewhere and will be printed and proven this week.
It is almost impossible to imagine, his actions in partnership with so many others including that arch criminal Wolfowitz, all remaining free as a breeze until the day they die. In the olden days, any crime of 1 /10,00th of this one would warrant a public death for all to see and all to understand. Not today. Money has created a world where all of our shocking values are shot to hell and accepted as the norm.
Now that, America, is the real crime and your country is full of the likes of those two, in every corridor in your capital, occupying 86% of your seats in government, filling positions of power in the FBI, the criminal CIA, the military and so many elected politicians and as we know now, supporting the current unbelievable crime in Palestine.
How did all this happen? How did a country lose all its values?
If those who chose war over diplomacy still have to be leading at the front, there would be far less wars because most of them are bullies and bullies are cowards. It's the young men who have to give their lives so warmongers get to play at war but fare from the fighting and totally safe
Beautiful. Exactly how I feel. Sad he didn’t die in prison, happy he’s dead. The planet is better off without him, notwithstanding there are plenty of other monsters carrying out his evil mission.
Democracy Now! had good coverage of his legacy and death. When Cheney was asked whether he would change how the ran the Iraq War, he essentially said: NOTHING. He's another architect of regime change much like Kissinger. No tears wasted on this cold-blooded killer who worked for American hegemony and when necessary vengeance. The primary fear I had after 911 was that the USA would become vengeful. restrictions on the free press reporting on US invasions for power and profit. I was wise to be fearful and watched this insanity grow.
He died? I don’t celebrate the deaths of serial killers. His death is a remembrance of his victims, and victims of his legacy. Funny, I can’t remember what party he was in but I remember whose lives were torn apart in the wars he cried for.
Agreed . Died alone in a cage. And reborn as a starving baby who has no chance of life due to capitalism and oppression of the masses for the riches of the freaks like him.
The NYT obituary talks about Cheney playing a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but somehow, it fails to mention how he force fed a false narrative of Iraq possessing WMDs to the President and the media. Some of us who were paying attention remember how the Times accepted and aggressively spread that narrative in order to build a consensus for war. In essence, they were partners in crime with Darth Vader.
Cheney was an absolute piece shit ,as far as humans go
And a waste of skin.
He was a war criminal. He should be remembered as such.
Well, as I've written elsewhere, Rumsfeld now has someone to talk to in the George W. Bush Section of the Special Places in Hell Wing of the netherworld. Reservations still being held for Dumbya, of course, as well as National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, CIA Director George Tenet, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, formerly the top US commander in Iraq, and Gen. Geoffrey Miller, former commander of the US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lower tier but just as culpable war criminals include Attorney General John Ashcroft, as well as the lawyers who crafted the legal “justifications” for torture, including Alberto Gonzales (counsel to the president and later attorney general), Jay Bybee (head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)), John Rizzo (acting CIA general counsel), David Addington (counsel to the vice president), William J. Haynes II (Department of Defense general counsel), and John Yoo (deputy assistant attorney general in the OLC).
Hot time in the old town tonight!
+ wolfowitz & feith
[head smack emoji] How could I neglect those two gems...?
Kissinger is probably at the head of the table.
This is a terrific list. If you are keeping a list of monsters from that era, here are a few additions: Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, and Paul Bremmer. Great job!👏
Colin Powell... Could have changed history, maybe even have brought down the American Empire, if he had instead said at the UN, "What I just related to you is a crock, contrived by the Bush administration to justify an illegal invasion of Iraq." He caved instead.
Drumpf, his family and don't forget his son-in-law, and all the incompetents in over their heads by a mile - having the audacity to take money for being useless to the country that didn't vote them in. Of course, Musk and satanyahu must have a hot spot waiting fof them too. Then there's Starmer, Lammy, Blair......... with this lot and more, hell better be a huge place because we haven't touched Oz yet.
Major expansion plans are in order.
Cheney is burning in hell for all the killings and human suffering he caused.
I generally don't believe in hell, but, in this instance, I will make an exception, for the appropriately named, now deceased -- D I C K. Adios
mois78 ...and the numbers are staggering.
It is possibly the greatest number of individuals killed anywhere from the actions of one man, AND ALL THOSE THAT SUPPORTED HIS CAUSE, approved all the way by a weak and pathetic President from a once respected country.
Somewhere, mois78, some journalist, somewhere, one with a sense of decency who does not work for the Western media, will identify the almost exact number of deaths in that shameful exercise.
It is there somewhere and will be printed and proven this week.
It is almost impossible to imagine, his actions in partnership with so many others including that arch criminal Wolfowitz, all remaining free as a breeze until the day they die. In the olden days, any crime of 1 /10,00th of this one would warrant a public death for all to see and all to understand. Not today. Money has created a world where all of our shocking values are shot to hell and accepted as the norm.
Now that, America, is the real crime and your country is full of the likes of those two, in every corridor in your capital, occupying 86% of your seats in government, filling positions of power in the FBI, the criminal CIA, the military and so many elected politicians and as we know now, supporting the current unbelievable crime in Palestine.
How did all this happen? How did a country lose all its values?
If those who chose war over diplomacy still have to be leading at the front, there would be far less wars because most of them are bullies and bullies are cowards. It's the young men who have to give their lives so warmongers get to play at war but fare from the fighting and totally safe
Beautiful. Exactly how I feel. Sad he didn’t die in prison, happy he’s dead. The planet is better off without him, notwithstanding there are plenty of other monsters carrying out his evil mission.
I love how you think😂❤️💕
Correction, Caitlin.
He shoulda died at the hands of a firing squad.
Or hanged, like the Nazis at Nuremberg.
Loam,
Or drawn and quartered.
Firing rubber bullets. A very big firing squad, lots of rubber bullets.
Stoned, would save on special rifles 🫢
For those who believe, he's all involved with the flames of justice right now.
Democracy Now! had good coverage of his legacy and death. When Cheney was asked whether he would change how the ran the Iraq War, he essentially said: NOTHING. He's another architect of regime change much like Kissinger. No tears wasted on this cold-blooded killer who worked for American hegemony and when necessary vengeance. The primary fear I had after 911 was that the USA would become vengeful. restrictions on the free press reporting on US invasions for power and profit. I was wise to be fearful and watched this insanity grow.
He died? I don’t celebrate the deaths of serial killers. His death is a remembrance of his victims, and victims of his legacy. Funny, I can’t remember what party he was in but I remember whose lives were torn apart in the wars he cried for.
Thank You Caitlin
Agreed . Died alone in a cage. And reborn as a starving baby who has no chance of life due to capitalism and oppression of the masses for the riches of the freaks like him.
The NYT obituary talks about Cheney playing a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but somehow, it fails to mention how he force fed a false narrative of Iraq possessing WMDs to the President and the media. Some of us who were paying attention remember how the Times accepted and aggressively spread that narrative in order to build a consensus for war. In essence, they were partners in crime with Darth Vader.
Robert, would one expect anything less from the Joo Yawk Times?
Perfectly said, thank you Caitlin.
Have his ceremony next to a cliff and edge the mourners to visit him.
IMO his passing is 70-years late . . . Adios
84 yrs too late.