Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

still_one

(92,194 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 06:09 PM Aug 2015

Dick Cheney: Iran Deal Will Lead To First Use Of Nuclear Weapon Since Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney launched a broad attack against President Barack Obama's foreign policy in an excerpt of a forthcoming book that was published in The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

Both Cheneys accused Obama of lying about the Iran nuclear deal and said that the agreement would lead to the first use of a nuclear weapon since 1945.

"Nearly everything the president has told us about his Iranian agreement is false. He has said it will prevent the Iranians from acquiring nuclear weapons, but it will actually facilitate and legitimize an Iranian nuclear arsenal," they wrote. "The Obama agreement will lead to a nuclear-armed Iran, a nuclear-arms race in the Middle East and, more than likely, the first use of a nuclear weapon since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

The Obama administration has aggressively defended the deal, saying that it cuts off all pathways to a nuclear bomb. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that a better deal simply does not exist.

The Cheneys also blamed the rise of terrorist groups like ISIS on the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in 2011 -- a talking point that Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has also used.

"He has abandoned Iraq, leaving a vacuum that is being tragically and ominously filled by our enemies. He is on course to forsake Afghanistan as well," the Cheneys wrote.

But former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, who was one of the architects of the 2007 surge and a top official in Iraq, has disputed that the decision to leave Iraq was Obama's.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dick-cheney-iran-deal_55e20a7de4b0c818f618224c

Why this lying POS is given any credibility by the WSJ says everything about Murdoch's WSJ. The NY Times is moving that way also, by giving Peter Schweizer, a right wing hack, unfettered access.

Yup, the MSM is a worthless tool of corporate America, and journalism is long gone

11 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Dick Cheney: Iran Deal Will Lead To First Use Of Nuclear Weapon Since Hiroshima And Nagasaki (Original Post) still_one Aug 2015 OP
words fail me. spanone Aug 2015 #1
Oh Yah!!!!! Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #2
+1,000 malaise Aug 2015 #5
His opinion of how "Potato" is spelled is more valuable than his foreign policy babble. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #3
And who is going to believe this criminal liar? liberal N proud Aug 2015 #4
Obama has sapped our precious bodily fluids DefenseLawyer Aug 2015 #6
Cheney and his wargasm again. N/t roamer65 Aug 2015 #7
Damn will you stfu already SummerSnow Aug 2015 #8
Poor Dick and the worthless M$M, most Americans think he is a war criminal and news is garbage. Rex Aug 2015 #9
Go back to the inferno, fuckwad. hifiguy Aug 2015 #10
pResident George Walker Bush signed a binding, nation-to-nation agreement... krispos42 Aug 2015 #11
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. Oh Yah!!!!!
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 06:15 PM
Aug 2015

BTW,Dickey should know,his company supplied key components to Iran and the rest will be History.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
9. Poor Dick and the worthless M$M, most Americans think he is a war criminal and news is garbage.
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 07:38 PM
Aug 2015

So his words can go on and on and on, most of the WORLD knows he is a war criminal breathing free air ONLY because of the control the GOP has over America and mass communication.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
11. pResident George Walker Bush signed a binding, nation-to-nation agreement...
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 11:40 PM
Aug 2015

...with the government of Iraq that U.S. armed forces would leave the territory of Iraq by the end of the year 2011.

pResident George Walker Bush decided that the United States would abandon Iraq by December 31st, 2011. Period. There is no debating this.


Nor is there any debate that Richard Cheney was Vice-pResident at the time pResident Bush signed the agreement. Again, this was in 2008, prior to Barack Obama taking the Oath of Office in January 2009.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Dick Cheney: Iran Deal Wi...