General Paul Eaton calls out Dick Cheney

A senior adviser to the National Security Network, General Paul Eaton (retired), has never been afraid to call out the incompetence, arrogance and ignorance of those in the former Bush administration, with some of his favourite targets including Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. Cheney's most recent criticism of the Obama administration (not included were the thousands of sighs and eyes rolling), was delivered before a gathering at Washingon D.C.'s Union Station of an apparent reunion of the Bush administration. Cheney claimed that President Obama was endangering the troops, that he "now seems afraid to make a decision, and unable to provide his commander on the ground with the troops he needs to complete his mission.” At this same event, Cheney would go on to receive a "Keeper of the Flame" award, while fellow Bush administraiton alumni and convicted felon Lewis "Scooter Libby (his sentence commuted by that crafty Bush) received the "Service Before Self" award (que more exasperated, perplexed sighs and rolling eyes) - on a side note, the convicted felon received a standing ovation, perhaps for successfully getting away with an assortment of crimes, along with the rest of the former administration. Cheney would then go on to take credit for the Obama administration's current Afghanistan strategy, suggest that seeking diplomacy with Iran is essentially futile, and defend torture (classy).

Anyways, Eaton stepped up to the plate through a press release via the NSN, putting this deluded jackass in his place:

The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. While our intelligence agencies called the region the greatest threat to America, the Bush White House under-resourced our military efforts, shifted attention to Iraq, and failed to bring to justice the masterminds of September 11.

The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy 'experts' have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the considerable mess they left behind, they continue to defend torture or rewrite a legacy of indifference on Afghanistan. Simply put, Mr. Cheney sees history throughout extremely myopic and partisan eyes.

Thank you, General. Cheney and co. pop up every once in a while to defend their failed legacy of sheer incompetence, warmongering and high crimes and misdemeanours. While their occassional and half-assed PR blitz is becoming incredibly tired and pathetic, it sure can provide some comic relief for the overcast, dreary and bleak days of autumn.

Now, moving away from Cheney's delusions towards clear cut reality based assessments, General Paul Eaton: