A perfect analysis of Dick Cheney. Makes me think of John Stewart's segment You Don't Know Dick.
This writer knows Dick.
Like a zombie returning from the grave of the now-defunct Bush administration, Dick Cheney, with his dire prophecies and railing obsessions, chills the blood. He manages, somehow, to be horrifying, embarrassing, and insulting all at once. Underneath all of the hyperbole and obfuscation, the message is a simple one: either aggressively torture suspicious captives, or the terrorists will come and destroy you. In other words, the law and morality are irrelevant in the face of a ubiquitous and overwhelming danger.
I'm not going to tell you the writer until the end, because I'd like for her to get a fair reading before people start dismissing her because of what she does. Please read on:
This kind of thinking is indicative of the mentality that permeates the Republican Party and essentially framed many of the policies and politics of the Bush administration. It can best be understood in terms of the Victim/Persecutor/Rescuer triangle that is the hallmark of dysfunctional relationships. In what is also known as the Drama Triangle, the three roles of Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer frequently morph into one another. The Victim feels unjustifiably attacked in some way, which then legitimizes his right to become the Persecutor and go after the attacker (now the Victim) in as brutal a manner as he wishes. Sometimes, the Victim will draw in a Rescuer, who eventually becomes too controlling, engulfing, or irritating. At this point, the Victim begins to get angry and aggressive, which transforms him into the Persecutor, while the Rescuer simultaneously becomes the new Victim. And round and round it goes.
The entire dynamic of the War on Terror follows this model.
I've been reading this woman's blog since back in the primary, and she always has something interesting to say.
Full Blog Post Here.