Dick Cheney has emerged from his undisclosed lair to issue his expected attack against the President, this one in response to the recent attempted terrorist attack on a U.S. airliner.
As usual, the attack is blatant, hypocritical, and sure to be lapped up by the traditional media for the next 24 hours. In part, he says:
"As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He seems to think if he has a low key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of 9/11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war ... But we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe.
Of course, after the near identical situation in 2001, when shoe bomber Richard Reid attempted bring down an airliner, the Bush administration waited nearly a week to comment, and then only in passing, and Reid was (presumably after being read his Miranda rights) tried, convicted and sentenced in a civilian court.
I anxiously await the grilling Dick Cheney will get by the media over these pesky little details. And if any intrepid reporter does manage to work up the nerve to question him, maybe they could also ask Dick how that art therapy program kept us safe.