I saw this documentary on Cheney a month or so ago. He truly believes in what he says and does... Which is far more terrifying. At one point in the interview he said something along the lines, and I'm paraphrasing here, "If there was a 1% chance the terrorists would do something, then we had to assume they would do it." This being in relation to the sense of paranoia after 9/11. It made me wonder how he walks down the street. Our chances of being hit by a car are far greater than 1%, yet most people don't let those risks effect their daily lives. Why should our leaders be this paranoid? A 1% chance is far from a certainty, and definately not something to mobilize an army for. We should have invaded Afghanistan, it's where the terrorists who planned and expected the 9/11 attacks were. Invading Iraq because of WMDs was a farce, there were no WMDs, Iraq posed no serious threat to anyone, except its own people. It's not the US's job to go around policing the globe.
I highly recommend watching the entire documentary. It humanized Cheney, and by doing so exposed him as a paranoid, control freak, an intelligent, paranoid, control freak, but a freak nonetheless.
If you're supporting Cheney, you're holding onto a sinking ship. History isn't going to look upon him favorably.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3BPK8ahNPo
I highly recommend watching the entire documentary. It humanized Cheney, and by doing so exposed him as a paranoid, control freak, an intelligent, paranoid, control freak, but a freak nonetheless.
If you're supporting Cheney, you're holding onto a sinking ship. History isn't going to look upon him favorably.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3BPK8ahNPo
