CHENEY: GET BACK IN THERE, YOU COWARDS - I'LL WAIT HERE AND GUARD THE TRENCH. TINY MAN 1: GOLLY! I MR. CHENEY A VETERAN? TINY MAN 2: NOT REALLY - HE SAYS HE HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO. IRAQ
@John Locke: Cheney’s opinions became policy. His opinions about torture became LAW – who else would have directed the Justice Department to fashion a definition of torture that would justify it’s use? His opinion of Saddam Hussein led him to direct the CIA to fashion a justification for war that had no basis in fact. His opinion of an above-the-law presidency led him to stonewall critics and investigators who sought information and factual justification for the extremism that was rampant in the executive branch. Your claim that “the whole world thought Iraq had WMDs” is about as disingenuous a statement as I’ve read here; in fact, Cheney directed this whole campaign of lies. Aside from LBJs lies that got us into Vietnam, no president or vice-president in our history had ever before lied to the congress and the world with such catastrophic results. Cheney’s welcome to have opinions – let’s just be sure his opinions don’t lead to any more deaths.
Noooo, more like…-———-“Clinton let Bin Laden go.”“Iraq’s WMDs were smuggled out to Syria on two converted airliners.”“Obama is not really an American citizen.”“Death panels! Death panels!”[]Noooo, no Tea Party Republican would EVER buy into such silliness right, Sparky?[]And BTW, if I want a straw-man, I’ll go watch Wizard of Oz; no one here but YOU is talking about Cheney ‘having no right to express his opinion.’ Got that?
Jeff C, over 58,000 were killed AFTER I left, there were 198 of us outside Saigon. Once again we were supporting a corrupt, minority, military dictator ship which 90% of the population despised. We had a saying, ARVIN (Army Republic of Viet-Nam) by day, VC by night, and bandits in between. There were 4 or 5 coups in the year I was there by different Generals trying to see who could steal the most money from us. JFK was pulling us out and I wasn’t sure I’d get my 6 months in, I did. LBJ knew it was a loosing proposition but after the “Who lost China” stink (Chaing did being corrupt as Hell) couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. You may not have noticed LBJ knew he’d lost the Dixiecrat s 50 years ago today when he got the Rights Act passed. Unless you believe Trent Lott, Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, DeLay, McConnell, etc. are like Ike, Taft, Goldwater, Rockefeller you are unaware the Dixiecrat’s seized control of the GOP in Reagan’s 1st term when he was going senile. I’d voted Republican until that thine, when i became a thinking independent. You might try it.
The Battle Hymn of the Cheney (I wrote this years ago but if he insists on coming back to haunt his country, I decided to toss it in here.)
Mine eyes have seen the pity of the president for ViceHis only major talent? Squashing freedoms in a triceTurning journalistic watchdogs into tiny squealing miceThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
His Task Force energetic? Filled with secrecy galoreHis spies on every telephone, and stationed at each doorHe’s trying to out-source the Bill of Rights to BangaloreThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
And then there’s Scooter Libby, who was told by Vice to lie(But what’s a little perjury, when crooks see eye-to-eye?)Were Nixon here it’s very clear that even HE would sighThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
It’s rare, indeed, to see poetry on GoComics that actually scans, and where the rhyming words truly rhyme and don’t just sort-of rhyme. I’m sort of shocked, but happy.
One other thing about LBJ and war deaths: for all his faults, he was working on ending the war, and might have done it before leaving office, but a certain Dick (not Cheney this time) privately sent word to the South Vietnamese to torpedo the talks. And look how well that worked out!
Anyone with a conscience would be bothered by killing hundreds of thousands of people, including his own, if he made a lot of money off his actions: which is exactly why nothing about Iraq, Afghanistan, Grenada, Panama, or any of the wars he advised on, for his own profit, bothers him in the least. It wasn’t a heart transplant, just his first implant.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Secure undisclosed locations only, and he wouldn’t get anywhere NEAR that close to any action, even when he was young and had the opportunity.
braindead Premium Member almost 10 years ago
“I truly believe we will be treated as liberators.”-“I truly believe that terrorism is in its last throes.”-Another Republican/Fox “news” viewer hero.
Vermont Premium Member almost 10 years ago
@John Locke: Cheney’s opinions became policy. His opinions about torture became LAW – who else would have directed the Justice Department to fashion a definition of torture that would justify it’s use? His opinion of Saddam Hussein led him to direct the CIA to fashion a justification for war that had no basis in fact. His opinion of an above-the-law presidency led him to stonewall critics and investigators who sought information and factual justification for the extremism that was rampant in the executive branch. Your claim that “the whole world thought Iraq had WMDs” is about as disingenuous a statement as I’ve read here; in fact, Cheney directed this whole campaign of lies. Aside from LBJs lies that got us into Vietnam, no president or vice-president in our history had ever before lied to the congress and the world with such catastrophic results. Cheney’s welcome to have opinions – let’s just be sure his opinions don’t lead to any more deaths.
Simon_Jester almost 10 years ago
Noooo, more like…-———-“Clinton let Bin Laden go.”“Iraq’s WMDs were smuggled out to Syria on two converted airliners.”“Obama is not really an American citizen.”“Death panels! Death panels!”[]Noooo, no Tea Party Republican would EVER buy into such silliness right, Sparky?[]And BTW, if I want a straw-man, I’ll go watch Wizard of Oz; no one here but YOU is talking about Cheney ‘having no right to express his opinion.’ Got that?
bobeaux almost 10 years ago
only 4500 casualties? Send Cheney & Bush back in, but this time let them go alone.
kevin87031 almost 10 years ago
Nice, elegant, well constructed argument, calling someone a retard.
griffthegreat almost 10 years ago
Look at his draft deferments, along with the rest of the neo-cons. He had to make sure Halliburton made millions on our blood.
griffthegreat almost 10 years ago
Jeff C, over 58,000 were killed AFTER I left, there were 198 of us outside Saigon. Once again we were supporting a corrupt, minority, military dictator ship which 90% of the population despised. We had a saying, ARVIN (Army Republic of Viet-Nam) by day, VC by night, and bandits in between. There were 4 or 5 coups in the year I was there by different Generals trying to see who could steal the most money from us. JFK was pulling us out and I wasn’t sure I’d get my 6 months in, I did. LBJ knew it was a loosing proposition but after the “Who lost China” stink (Chaing did being corrupt as Hell) couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. You may not have noticed LBJ knew he’d lost the Dixiecrat s 50 years ago today when he got the Rights Act passed. Unless you believe Trent Lott, Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, DeLay, McConnell, etc. are like Ike, Taft, Goldwater, Rockefeller you are unaware the Dixiecrat’s seized control of the GOP in Reagan’s 1st term when he was going senile. I’d voted Republican until that thine, when i became a thinking independent. You might try it.
echoraven almost 10 years ago
Good post. powerful.
Godfreydaniel almost 10 years ago
The Battle Hymn of the Cheney (I wrote this years ago but if he insists on coming back to haunt his country, I decided to toss it in here.)
Mine eyes have seen the pity of the president for ViceHis only major talent? Squashing freedoms in a triceTurning journalistic watchdogs into tiny squealing miceThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
His Task Force energetic? Filled with secrecy galoreHis spies on every telephone, and stationed at each doorHe’s trying to out-source the Bill of Rights to BangaloreThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
And then there’s Scooter Libby, who was told by Vice to lie(But what’s a little perjury, when crooks see eye-to-eye?)Were Nixon here it’s very clear that even HE would sighThe way he carries on!Glory, Glory, you can’t reach himGlory, Glory, you can’t teach himBest to out-and-out impeach himThe way he carries on!
eugene57 almost 10 years ago
The toon brings to mind PATHS OF GLORY
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
^Cheney should be in on of those chairs.
moosemin almost 10 years ago
Despite all the negative portrayals of Cheney in cartoons and recent articles, I don’t think any of it bothers him in the least!
Kip W almost 10 years ago
It’s rare, indeed, to see poetry on GoComics that actually scans, and where the rhyming words truly rhyme and don’t just sort-of rhyme. I’m sort of shocked, but happy.
One other thing about LBJ and war deaths: for all his faults, he was working on ending the war, and might have done it before leaving office, but a certain Dick (not Cheney this time) privately sent word to the South Vietnamese to torpedo the talks. And look how well that worked out!
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Anyone with a conscience would be bothered by killing hundreds of thousands of people, including his own, if he made a lot of money off his actions: which is exactly why nothing about Iraq, Afghanistan, Grenada, Panama, or any of the wars he advised on, for his own profit, bothers him in the least. It wasn’t a heart transplant, just his first implant.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 10 years ago
He knows how to start the war, as long as there is someone else to force into doing the action for him.