Former VP Cheney defends Obama's attack in Yemen

[Cali_Democrat]

I'll bet Dick Cheney's heart fluttered when he heard this news.

Former Bush VP says Obama was justified in ordering killing of Al Qaeda agent.
News DeskOctober 2, 2011 13:50

BOSTON — The United States was justified in killing U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen because he was an Al Qaeda recruiter and propagandist, said former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Cheney defended Obama's decision to kill Awlaki in a drone strike in Yemen, saying that the U.S. must attack terrorists. There is controversy over whether Obama was justified in ordering the killing of Awlaki, who was a dual American and Yemeni citizen.

“It was a very good strike,” Cheney said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” broadcast. “The president ought to have that kind of authority to order that kind of strike, even when it involves an American citizen, when there is clear evidence that he’s part of Al Qaeda.”

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“The Obama administration has clearly reached the point where they’ve agreed they need to be tough and aggressive in defending the nation and using some of the same techniques that the Bush administration did,” Cheney said.

However the American Civil Liberties Union does not agree. It said “the targeted killing violates both U.S. and international law.”

Read More: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111002/cheney-defends-obamas-attack-yemen

So Cheney is defending Obama from criticism arising from the targeted assassination of a US citizen. On this issue it's Obama and Cheney on one side and the American Civil Liberties Union on the other.

I'll stand with the American Civil Liberties Union. :patriot:

They are right, as usual.

[ProSense]

1. Dick Cheney Demands Vindication

Dick Cheney Demands Vindication

Cheneys should be giving, not getting, an apology

[teddy51]

2. "Former VP Cheney defends Obama's attack in Yemen" If Dick agree's

then one damn well knows it was the wrong thing to do.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Yup!

[Boojatta]

4. Do you mean that Cheney is trying to encourage President Obama to do the wrong thing?

Or do you mean that Cheney is a perfect reverse barometer, like the little big man character in the movie "Little Big Man"?

[teddy51]

6. Cheney is a perfect reverse barometer, is what I mean. If he likes it, it's wrong. n/t

[leftynyc]

13. He supports gay marriage

Should we all now not support it?

[stevenleser]

16. ....

http://nizkor.org/features/fallacies/guilt-by-association.html

[stevenleser]

15. There is a reason that kind of reasoning is considered a logical fallacy. And you just hit it nt

[golfguru]

5. I will say one thing about Cheney....he never was

a flip-flopper.

[ProSense]

7. How

"I will say one thing about Cheney....he never was a flip-flopper."

...does one manage to justify taking the time to compliment Cheney?

I mean, here the focus is on an interview in which Cheney states that there was no torture after admitting to it on several occasions.

[golfguru]

10. I can't ever recall Cheney not wanting to kill

any one who was not in line with US policy.
Give the man credit for consistency.

[Whisp]

9. o for cripes sakes....

no, he never flip flopped from being a complete asshole treasonist mass murdering liar.

[golfguru]

11. Exactly, you got my point better than prosense n/m

[Cali_Democrat]

12. LOL

[stranger81]

8. I also stand with the ACLU and not with Dick Cheney.

The fact that Cheney supports last week's assassination should tell a lot of people something. Sadly, it seems no one is listening.

[stevenleser]

14. Some of us never get tired of the Guilt by Association logical Fallacy I see. nt