He's a DICK

I put Dick in capital letters because he is a HUGE DICK. The Dick I am referring to is former Vice President Dick Cheney. I've made it clear that I'm not and never have been a supporter of the Iraq war. This is meant in no way to be disrespectful to the troops who ably and bravely served and sacrificed during and after the war. They did what they were ordered to do by their commander in chief. In recent days as the insurgent group ISIS makes headway in Iraq, DICK has been all over any media outlet that will give him time talking about how President Obama has screwed up the victory DICK and W won. In an Wall Street Journal editorial Tuesday DICK stated: "Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many."

We should keep in mind that DICK is never wrong about anything. Well at least it appears he doesn't remember being wrong. Let's go back to 2002 and DICK's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." DICK went on to state that overthrowing Saddam would liberate the freedom loving people of the Middle East to pursue peace. "When the gravest of threats are eliminated, the freedom-loving peoples of the region will have the chance to promote the values that can bring lasting peace." Well DICK, they had their opportunity. It appears that peace doesn't interest them. They appear to have no desire for American "democracy". The war they are fighting now isn't over territory it is over ideas. It is about religious beliefs. While religious fundamentalist in the United States, at least up to now, have not resorted to rebellion, you can see their unwillingness to cooperate when you talk about issues like abortion and gun control. There is no reason to believe that after almost 1,000 years of strife between two branches of Islam they are suddenly going to get along because America said so.

The paragraph from DICK's editorial I find most offensive is this one. "When Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al Qaeda in Iraq had been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S. armed forces during the surge. Mr. Obama had only to negotiate an agreement to leave behind some residual American forces, training and intelligence capabilities to help secure the peace. Instead, he abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the jaws of victory." Really DICK? Perhaps you have forgotten that President Bush signed a treaty with Iraq before Mr. Obama took office agreeing to the withdrawal of ALL American troops by the end of 2011. Is there some reason the administration DICK was a part of did not negotiate for residual troops and a training force? Iraq had a democratically elected government that we agreed to respect and negotiate with at the time. A government that did not want us there any longer. We agreed to a treaty and left.

So, DICK here's what we have for our efforts based on your lie about weapons of mass destruction. According to a 2013 estimate the war in Iraq has cost us 1.7 trillion dollars. We expect to pay at least 490 billion dollars in veteran benefits. Since the money to fight the war was borrowed the eventual cost is estimated to grow to over 6 trillion dollars. The cost in lives of American service men and women is more horrid than the dollar cost. The problem DICK is you and the administration you participated in. So DICK just SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO AWAY. I don't want you to die, I want you to live long enough to feel guilty about what you have done. I doubt that will happen. So just STFU.