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Originally Posted by dculkin
These are tough questions, except the last one. The answer to that one is, "Hell no."
Those questions show why it is important for our leaders to be honest with us. Cheney says that aggressive interrogation saved American lives. If that is true, then it is an important point to consider. The problem is that Bush/Cheney, et al., have been caught in so, so many lies, their input has no value. None. It's as if we are starting from scratch because we don't know which of the lessons learned over the last 7 years are true.I don't expect any such thing. I don't expect to ever have such a collection of arrogant, dishonest, and sometimes not too bright people in charge of our national security. It might happen, but I don't expect it. To say that we should expect it is to give the Bush crowd a pass, which they don't deserve.
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Well put. I don't like Dick Cheney either and I agree his credibility runs around 0%. Still the problem is vexing and there may be hints of truth in his statements so far, though I suspect anything incriminating will have found the paper shredder.
I wouldn't expect the exact same response if theres another incident, but if there are no direct military options then the administration will have to come up with 'something' to make it look like they have the situation under control.