Cheney's Stay-Out-of-Jail Strategy

[kpete]

Cheney's Stay-Out-of-Jail Strategy

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President Obama said during his campaign that he didn't intend to criminalize policy differences. For Dick Cheney that statement is his lifeline. If he can make this a simple difference over policy then, even though he has lost that policy fight already (um, there was an election all about this Dick), he can keep himself out of court. As long as he can keep making the Bush-Cheney policies seem at least arguable then it's "just a policy difference" and not a war crime.

The problem for Dick Cheney is that there is no one left to make the case for him. Sure, there's Rush Limbaugh and other talk show goons, but who can go on CNN or the broadcast networks and make a policy argument in favor of torture? There are damn few elected Republicans left who will make this argument and even if some still exist most talk shows are no longer interested in having a debate over "should we torture terrorism suspects?" That ship has sailed and the shows have largely moved on. But Dick Cheney, former Vice President, can still get some attention and he needs this "policy issue" to remain relevant.

Dick Cheney and George Bush authorized war crimes. And they know they did. It's possible Bush is a wee little bit embarassed about it but Cheney is surely not. And Cheney damn sure doesn't want to go to jail. As long as the John King's of the world allow him to act like this is just about policy he could succeed.

As an aside it's worth noting that some Democrats are complicit in the Bush-Cheney torture plan. One of them is Senator Jay Rockefeller and there are others. But that fact should not stop us from holding "the deciders" accountable. And to do that we need to keep the focus on the laws that were in place when Bush-Cheney took office and what they did to break those laws. And on documenting the torture.

more at:
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=E5383A259B57925389F5D81A40C04EDD?diaryId=12233

[LakeSamish706]

1. Just so long as Cheney passes in the next year to 18 months.. I really don't give...

a crap what happens to this POS personally.

[rocktivity]

2. He's been floating this story about wishing Bush had pardoned Libby

which I don't believe for a second. Libby wasn't pardoned for a reason, and I'm certain that the reason was part of Cheney's strategy to keep himself out of jail!

:headbang:
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