Go F' Yourself Cheney

One of the most unpopular men in American history, who can't get enough Glorious War on his Fox News teevee set, and who co-presided over one of the most despicable and lawless administrations since Richard Nixon, says President Obama should apologize to the Bushies.

"I think it was a very good strike. I think it was justified," Cheney told CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union." But "I'm waiting for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for 'overreacting' to the events of 9/11."

The Obama administration has "clearly ... moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it is justified," Cheney said.

Not that there's any chance in the world the current president will apologize to George Bush or anyone who worked for him, it's clear Cheney still has no grasp of reality.

Like Steve Benen notes, President Obama never said in his Cairo Speech the Bushies overreacted to 9/11.  No where in the speech can you even find that word.  While we are focusing on facts, if invading a country that had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 isn't "overreacting" then what is?

Let's also be clear, too, on the second part of Cheney's complaint that Obama has "clearly...moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it is justified."  OF COURSE THEY HAVE.  But let's be clear, President Obama took "robust action" on al Qaeda, the people responsible for 9/11, and not a man and a country that had nothing to do with it.

Obama has been robust at Bush's failures.  He's tracked down and killed bin Laden.  He put the focus back onto the people responsible for attacking us.  And he's been quite successful at all of it.  Way more successful than I ever thought he would be.

By all means, if the president is going to be robust then be robust competently.  Forgetting about bin Laden and his organization and turning your attention to Iraq is not robust action.  It's criminal stupidity.

The Bush administration is criticized precisely because they took robust action on the wrong people.  Had Bush not invaded Iraq and sent America into a downward spiral, then criticism for his other activities would have been on the same level of as what the current president is receiving.  But invading Iraq did more than just make Cheney and George W. even richer.  It opened them up to criticism on everything, robust or not.