Reply #24: Cheney has been reduced to buying his freedom

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Monetary compensation may have been what the Nigerians wanted to start with. It seems they gained much more out of dropping the charges than they would by continuing an un-winnable prosecution. I think they won more than they lost.

The fact that Cheney goes free doesn't mean anything. He would have gone free anyway.

If we want to get even small satisfaction out of this it should be that Cheney has to keep throwing money at his problems. My fervent hope is that he has to do this every day for the rest of his life. May he enjoy his freedom from his miserable hook up to his heart pump.

Cheney is a slave to his condition. He's living on borrowed time and only because he has a pump for a heart. I'm sure he's reminded of his impending mortality every day of his existence.