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March 29, 2009
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A senior diplomat in the Obama administration Sunday challenged former Vice President Dick Cheney’s assessment of the new administration’s ability to keep the country safe.
Cheney was asked two weeks ago on CNN’s State of the Union whether he thought President Obama had made the country less safe since taking office. “I do,” Cheney told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King. “He is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack,” the former vice president added.
The ex-vice president likely thought the question about the country’s safety was a “NO BRAINER”. How the ex-VP would respond to CNN’s question would likely have been answered correctly by no less than 300,000,000 Americans. A more difficult question might have been – who did the most damage to America – terrorists or the latter-day neocons?
Terrorists had a serious and lethal impact on isolated locations in America. The latter-day neocons had an impact on the fabric of America.
From an attack on an idea,[EXPLETIVE DELETED] description of the United States Constitution, to the war on Iraq – which had no visible cause, to the current economic meltdown – which endangers the very idea of capitalism – the neocons had an impact.
While the impact of terrorists on the lives of America will never be forgotten, neither will the current economic meltdown be forgotten. And neither memory will bring a warm, cozy feeling to Americans. Most Americans have to deal with reality – without the benefit of IN-DENIAL.
But it is notable that this Question and Answer session did not occur on FOX News.
