Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Usama bin Laden."Exactly right.
In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Cheney said holding the trial in a lower Manhattan courtroom near ground zero will make Mohammed "a hero in certain circles, especially in the radical regions of Islam around the world."
"He'll be able to go in whenever he's up on the stand and proselytize, if you will, millions of people out there around the world including some of his radical Muslim friends and generate a whole new generation of terrorists,'' Cheney said.
The former vice president called Attorney General Eric Holder's decision in November to try Mohammed and four other 9/11 suspects in a civilian federal court near ground zero "a huge mistake."
The trial will put Mohammed "on the map," he contended.
The Republican, who has previously accused President Obama of "dithering" on the war in Afghanistan, sharply criticized the president for bowing to foreign leaders during recent overseas trips.
"When you have a president who goes around and bows to his hosts and then proceeds to apologize profusely for the United States, I find that deeply disturbing,'' Cheney said. "That says to me this is a guy who doesn't fully understand or share that view of American exceptionalism that I think most of us believe in."
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Dick Cheney Irritates the White House Just a Little More
When Cheney talks, everybody listens and the White House gets irritated:
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Cheney's comments were right on. He said it just like many of us think it should have been said. We have a president who doesn't give a rip about the U.S.A. He is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
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