Cheney Unrelenting on War Policy: "Cheney, addressing Republican supporters at the National D-Day Museum, also leveled implicit criticism at Bush's predecessor, former President Clinton (news - web sites).
'Consider for a moment how matters stood at the time when President Bush and I were sworn into office on Jan. 20th, 2001,' he said. 'Terrorists were on the offensive around the world, emboldened by many years of unanswered attacks. Repeatedly, they had struck America with little cost or consequence.' "
Consider for a minute the response of Cheney and Bush to these terrorists who were, in his words, "on the offensive": they did less than nothing, until the terrorists attacked. They went on vacation. They degraded the response to terror. They put Cheney in charge of counter terrorism and he never held a meeting. This is gross negligence, and he has the gall to criticise Clinton! Cheney, you are unspeakable.
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