Dick Cheney Ex-Vice President Slams Obama Policies

Former US vice president Dick Cheney has delivered a stinging attack on the foreign policy of President Obama.
Mr Cheney said the President was "dithering" and "waffling" on Afghanistan while American troops face constant danger.

The former number two in the White House has criticised Mr Obama before, but these are his strongest words yet.

It is convention that former presidents and vice presidents are not outspoken in their criticism of successors.

George W Bush has made few public statements on Mr Obama.

But in a speech to a think tank in Washington, Mr Cheney said: "Having announced his Afghanistan strategy in March, President Obama now seems afraid to make a decision, and unable to provide his commander on the ground with the troops he needs to complete the mission.

"It's time for President Obama to make good on his promise. The White House must stop dithering while America's armed forces are in danger.

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[gazai1]

It was Cheney and W who went of attacking Irak arbitrarily (or for the personal oil-interests), instead of going after the real terrorists. They even left out occasions to catch binladen - for whatever reasons they had - not to mention the special treatment the binladen family got just after 911...

So they are the last persons on this earth to come out and .give advises. Shame on them.

[TheWatcherx10]

BODYGUARDEAGLE - doing great! My team will be there. and I'll be looking for you. You Thug! lol

[jorgetvilla]

thank god hes not the vice president anymore, hypocrite corporate pocket dweller.

[darrellmellissa]

@gazai1 They went after Irag for violating the cease fire for 8 to 10 years .also for firing at our planes for enforcing the agreement,, It was a continuation of a war that was never finished. Clinton was the man who would not aprehend Ben Laden,,not Bush.

[TRAVLER5000]

if cheb=ney wioyld shut the fuck up all americans would be better offthe the former treator vice president

[mumbleora]

MrTabby5000 , as Bush would say "you

mis-underestimate".

[wiz9496]

Who's going to clean up the messes Obama's making? The problem with our politicians lies in the fact that a lot of voters are uninformed and in some cases just plain retarded. Just watch some street interviews of average americans about current events and you'll see how ignorant some people are.

[MrTabby5000]

So what,him and Bush was protecting the united states of america.

[tomcat28563]

Rumor has it that a right-wingnut organization may "draft" the Dick for President on the 2012 ticket he though he says he as no interest in running. Just think - it would be the Dicks "SIX" deferment.

[COM0fAek]

Draft Deferment Dick makes a brave noise for someone who never served a day in the military, never spent a day in harm's way, and never spent one second at Dover to witness just a small sampling of the death and carnage wrought by his jingoistic polices. Draft Deferment Dick prefers to work his "bravery" from bunkers of undisclosed location. Draft Deferment Dick has the blood of tens of thousands of dead, maimed, and wounded on his hands. He is the very personification of evil.

[jamesspencerjackson]

Cheney/Wilson 2012!

[carlguyer]

Why does this fool think anyone can take him seriously, he must think we forgot about all about the war in Iraq and his role in getting us into that mess. This man should dig hole and climb in it for the next 20 years.