Kamala's campaign manager has enthusiastically welcomed the endorsement of Dick Cheney, stating she "deeply respects his courage to put country over party.” So the Kamala 2024 deeply respects one of the most devious war criminals alive, and considers him courageous.
Dick Cheney disseminated fake intelligence linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda, pushed the WMD hoax, and ordered the unmasking of Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA officer as retaliation for her husband, Amb. Joe Wilson, exposing the Bush administration's lie about Saddam obtaining enriched uranium from Niger. Cheney's machinations were aimed at guaranteeing a US invasion and occupation that wound up leaving one million Iraqis dead, brought ISIS to the region, and maimed or killed tens of thousands of Americans. The former VP simultaneously presided over a no-bid $7.5 billion contract in Iraq to Halliburton, where he served as CEO, and established a secret torture program that yielded worthless intel. To this day, he is not only unrepentant about his torture chambers, he's proud of them.
The Kamala campaign wants us to forget Cheney's record. We are supposed to see him as a hawkish but wise elder crossing the aisle for the good of "the Republic." The reality is Cheney did far more damage to the country and the world than Donald Trump has. It is such a colossal insult that Cheney is able to enjoy his twilight years in a mansion on Maryland's Eastern Shore, counting his money without ever having faced a trial for any of his titanic crimes, while Trump becomes the first former US president convicted of a felony – for concealing a measly payoff to a porn actor.
Cheney is supporting Kamala for the same reason as Bill Kristol, the McCain family, and an array of Bush era neocons: because she is an empty vessel for the post-9/11 security state, and will joyfully consolidate the Democrats as the party of endless war. The 1,160,000 shares of Halliburton stock Cheney received when he retired are also a likely part of his calculus.
Dick Cheney disseminated fake intelligence linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda, pushed the WMD hoax, and ordered the unmasking of Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA officer as retaliation for her husband, Amb. Joe Wilson, exposing the Bush administration's lie about Saddam obtaining enriched uranium from Niger. Cheney's machinations were aimed at guaranteeing a US invasion and occupation that wound up leaving one million Iraqis dead, brought ISIS to the region, and maimed or killed tens of thousands of Americans. The former VP simultaneously presided over a no-bid $7.5 billion contract in Iraq to Halliburton, where he served as CEO, and established a secret torture program that yielded worthless intel. To this day, he is not only unrepentant about his torture chambers, he's proud of them.
The Kamala campaign wants us to forget Cheney's record. We are supposed to see him as a hawkish but wise elder crossing the aisle for the good of "the Republic." The reality is Cheney did far more damage to the country and the world than Donald Trump has. It is such a colossal insult that Cheney is able to enjoy his twilight years in a mansion on Maryland's Eastern Shore, counting his money without ever having faced a trial for any of his titanic crimes, while Trump becomes the first former US president convicted of a felony – for concealing a measly payoff to a porn actor.
Cheney is supporting Kamala for the same reason as Bill Kristol, the McCain family, and an array of Bush era neocons: because she is an empty vessel for the post-9/11 security state, and will joyfully consolidate the Democrats as the party of endless war. The 1,160,000 shares of Halliburton stock Cheney received when he retired are also a likely part of his calculus.
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