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(36,988 posts) Wed May 8, 2013, 02:36 PM May 2013

Cheney slams Obama over Benghazi: ‘We were always ready on 9/11′ [View all]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday lashed out at President Barack Obama’s administration for a “failure of leadership” over an attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans on Sept. 11 of last year, saying that the Bush administration was “always ready on 9/11″ — at least, the anniversaries.

At an event to celebrate the launch of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s new book about leadership, Cheney told the Daily Mail‘s David Martosko that the Obama administration “should have been ready before anything ever happened.”

“I mean, it’s North Africa – Libya, where they’ve already had major problems,” he observed. “You know that Al-Qaeda is operating there, and you have some of the other Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups there like Ansar al-Sharia and others.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/08/cheney-slams-obama-over-benghazi-we-were-always-ready-on-911/

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Cheney slams Obama over Benghazi: ‘We were always ready on 9/11′ [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2013 OP

Really? I didn't notice anybody stopping 9/11 while it was happening. sinkingfeeling May 2013 #1

what he meant was zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #7

Oh, now they claim they were ready on 9/11? CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #2

They were....do you think that "undisclosed location" he hid in materialized out of nowhere? Liberal Veteran May 2013 #14

The full quote is almost as bad. Lasher May 2013 #15

Weasel words - "on 9/11, on the anniversary" - haele May 2013 #80

No, it does not exonerate him. Lasher May 2013 #85

Not only were they not ready, ProSense May 2013 #33

Maybe it was because the were ready. RC May 2013 #81

i agree. DesertFlower May 2013 #56

There is an un-written rule that . . . aggiesal May 2013 #84

Bush/Cheney were in office when the worst terrorist attack on American soil ever happened. AndyA May 2013 #3

FYI: another slang term for a crack pipe is a "glass dick" Victor_c3 May 2013 #8

"Chickenhawk Cheney and I were, like, AWOL and shit on 9/11, so don't blame us." - George AWOL Bush Berlum May 2013 #31

We were ready on 911, except for the time 3000 people died. geek tragedy May 2013 #4

they were ready because they had fighter jets responding to reports of hijackings librechik May 2013 #5

There were two closer fighter jet squadrons. IggleDoer May 2013 #34

yeah. Nothing suspicious there. librechik May 2013 #53

When will this fool just kick the bucket already? Cali_Democrat May 2013 #6

_ randome May 2013 #9

LOL: Cheney and Bushie were hiding on 9/11. Only Gulliani was on tv because FSogol May 2013 #10

"We were always ready on 9/11 to attack Iraq for any reason we could pull out our asses". Liberal Veteran May 2013 #11

They were ready before 9/11 Incitatus May 2013 #12

Must be why 3 American planes got hijacked, 3000+ dead, many more injured and winterpark May 2013 #13

Four American planes jmowreader May 2013 #35

sure DICK MFM008 May 2013 #16

If they were "ready on 9/11" that confirms LIHOP and/or MIHOP TrogL May 2013 #17

Bush = LIHOP + Cheney = MIHOP = WAR PROFITEERS = DEAD PEOPLE and A Reason To Go To IRAQ MagickMuffin May 2013 #23

Stop pointing out the obvious.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #55

I realize that and I stand by my statement };¬) MagickMuffin May 2013 #73

They were ready . . . to exploit the hell out of it. The moment it happened. Sooner. leveymg May 2013 #18

Someday the popular "lucky trifecta exploiters" will whatchamacallit May 2013 #30

Do you mean this Enterprise? Which quadrant or node? leveymg May 2013 #65

But they were never ready for embassy attacks any of the other 364 days of the year. Aristus May 2013 #19

Doesn't count. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #75

Ready? ismnotwasm May 2013 #20

Yeah, and that's why they handled things so smoothly in Iraq and Afghanistan. CBHagman May 2013 #21

they've been warrior1 May 2013 #22

Cheney on the Iraqis reaction to our invasion. Old and In the Way May 2013 #24

Cheney's not dead yet? Arkana May 2013 #25

I usually refrain from grave dancing deutsey May 2013 #48

Fuck off failure man! Rex May 2013 #26

I hope that when I come back later Cracklin Charlie May 2013 #37

Thanks! Me too! Rex May 2013 #38

Does Alcatraz Prison have a cellar that he could be thrown into? Cracklin Charlie May 2013 #42

How about Abu Ghraib? Rex May 2013 #46

Exceedingly foul RepubliCrappage. As usual. Berlum May 2013 #27

What a cruel and bad joke! nt ladjf May 2013 #28

3,000 incinerated human beings shows you weren't ready you torturing murdering Lint Head May 2013 #29

Oh that's rich Floyd_Gondolli May 2013 #32

Fuck Cheney and his revisionist history October May 2013 #36

What a sleazy slimey pos. jessie04 May 2013 #39

Oh yeah those m*****F*****s were READY alright.. Cha May 2013 #40

There is no statute of limitations on mass murder jmowreader May 2013 #41

Leaving the nation's most protected airspace unguarded all morning? Blue Owl May 2013 #43

Oh, I see magellan May 2013 #44

A war criminal says what? Asshole. nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #45

fuck the lying criminal bastard spanone May 2013 #47

I think he is trying to tell us something. Everything was ready on 9/11 for him. rhett o rick May 2013 #49

Or a sudden brain tumor. Rex May 2013 #52

Good grief, did The Dick of Death really just say that?! City Lights May 2013 #50

Can't post what I'm thinking Arugula Latte May 2013 #51

Gotta say, that was "unfortunate" wording truebluegreen May 2013 #54

Who cares what that old dildo thinks (no offense to actual dildos) kysrsoze May 2013 #57

"Sir, do those orders still stand?" Junkdrawer May 2013 #58

So 9/11/01 doesn't count? TroglodyteScholar May 2013 #59

Oh, BushCo was READY, all right. Ready to tell NORAD to stand down. Ready with "My Pet Goat." Ready WinkyDink May 2013 #60

People think that folks that come to the MIHOP conclusion come to it lightly.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #63

Thank you. As you say, nobody wants to think of being ruled by such evil. But the cover-ups, WinkyDink May 2013 #70

I've had EXACTLY those thoughts. Junkdrawer May 2013 #72

There were 11 embassy attacks during the Bush administration AgingAmerican May 2013 #61

Ahem. August 9th PDB. Mr. David May 2013 #62

Darth- MoreGOPoop May 2013 #64

Burn in hell, Cheney Politicub May 2013 #66

Isn't that ass dead yet? BlueDemKev May 2013 #67

What information did Bush/Cheney have about 9/11, and when did they have it? blkmusclmachine May 2013 #68

Oh, that's funny! Only 10 attacks and 60 dead! Festivito May 2013 #69

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #71

Fuck off, Cheney. Zoeisright May 2013 #74

The neo-cons were ready to exploit 9/11 as they knew something was going to happen. Dawson Leery May 2013 #76

Uh........what.did.he.say? Proud Liberal Dem May 2013 #77

Cheney rso May 2013 #78

HA!!!!! no_hypocrisy May 2013 #79

If they actually had been ready for 9/11... Initech May 2013 #82

Obviously, Dick, that's all those people died and buildings got destroyed that day. mulsh May 2013 #83