Noting burden on Military families, Cheney says biggest burden carried by Bush

[nosmokes]

This made me so angry I couldn't see straight.

original-abcnews

Cheney on Iraq: 'It's Important to Win'

n an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked what effect the grim milestone of at least 4,000 U.S. deaths in the five-year Iraq war might have on the nation.

Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, who made the decision to commit US troops to war, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty.
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Watch Martha Raddatz's interview with Vice President Dick Cheney tonight on ABC's World News at 6:30pmET

"I want to start with the milestone today of 4,000 dead in Iraq. Americans. And just what effect do you think it has on the country?" asked ABC News' White House correspondent, Martha Raddatz, who traveled with the vice president on a nine-day overseas trip to Iraq and other countries in the Middle East.

"It obviously brings home I think for a lot of people the cost that's involved in the global war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan," Cheney said in the interview, conducted in Turkey. "It places a special burden obviously on the families, and we recognize, I think — it's a reminder of the extent to which we are blessed with families who've sacrificed as they have."

Cheney: 'The All-Volunteer Force'

"The president carries the biggest burden, obviously," Cheney said. "He's the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm's way for the rest of us."

Raddatz noted that some soldiers, Air Force members, and Marines have been on multiple deployments and have been sent back to Iraq because of the stop-loss policy — an involuntary extension of a service member's enlistment contract. The Army alone says 58,000 US soldiers have been redeployed to war because of the stop-loss policy.
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[onethatcares]

1. fuck cheney,

I don't know which one I hate most. Sorry agent Mike, no harm intended, just thoughts.

[nosmokes]

7. Thing is,I doubt that Dimson is seriously bothered by any of the loss of

life or treasure in the Iraq occupation and the Afghanistan circus of death. If he is his demeanor doesn't
reflect it and his actions definitely do not show it.From what I can tell of the man he hasn't the least bit of sincere empathy, not to mention sympathy for those who are actually on the ground fulfilling his dream(the world's nightmare) of American Empire.

[SpiralHawk]

2. 'With Commander AWOL's, um, experience, you have have, um, confidence. Smrik" - Cheney

"I mean, the war has cut back on his record-setting vacations at the Imperial Pig Farm Upon Crawford, but that's just a burden Commander AWOL must shoulder. Smirk."

- VP Dickie 'Five Military Deferments' Cheney

[Tikki]

3. Pathetic little creatures....both of them...

Tikki

[SeattleGirl]

4. Neither you, Darth, or the Chimp, feels ANY kind of burden

regarding this war.

You make me sick, you fucking asshole!

Go. Fuck. Yourself!

[ChicagoRonin]

5. Any former or serving military here?

I'd like to know your honest opinions of statements like the above from the President and Vice President.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

6. I am completely incapable of responding to this MOTHER FUCKING SON OF A BITCH

w/o getting banned. So I will not.
Have a nice Day.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

11. PS, Agent Mike, Please do take Cheney and Addington

and shove them clear up your ass. 'Harbor' em there, till you die. You have WELL EARNED IT, FUCK.

I'd say STFU, but that is what you have done since the beginning, isn't it? 4 Fucking thousand dead.

That is what you all are.

DEAD to us now, and for those like me, DEAD to us in 2002.

[Rob H.]

8. ""The president carries the biggest burden, obviously," Cheney said."

Which is why he said, back in December 2006, "I must tell you, I'm sleeping a lot better than people would assume,” right? You can tell right there he's just overflowing with compassion. :sarcasm:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. what about the "stop/loss" program?

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. So?

[angstlessk]

12. Since when did the presidency become non-voluntary? oh, and war BY CHOICE

is boosh volunteering troops to the slaughter. :grr: