Cheney and Condi Weigh In

President Bush decided that he didn't want to spend his post-presidency commenting on what his successors did, so attacks on his work go undefended unless Dick Cheney or Condi Rice get involved. Cheney is not shy about defending the Bush Administration or the tactics employed in the war on terror.  

Cheney to America: "You're welcome" -- Yesterday Dick Cheney appeared on Fox News Sunday, in part to defend the Bush administration's use of hydrotherapy on recalcitrant terrorists. As relayed by TheDC's Jeff Poor, here's Cheney defending his record: "We went to a lot of trouble to find out what we could do, how far we could go, what was legal and so forth. Out of that emerged what we called enhanced interrogation. It worked. It provided some absolutely vital pieces of intelligence. There is a study that was done by the CIA in the National Archives, some of it has been declassified now, that shows that enhanced interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed provided a vast treasure trove if you will of intelligence. It was a good program. It was a legal program. It was not torture. I would strongly recommend we continue it.” Barack is now in the unique position of taking credit for a victory that wouldn't have happened without policies he has condemned. As TheDC's Jim Treacher notes: "Pouring water on a terrorist’s face goes against our core values as Americans. You gotta break into his house and shoot him in the eyes." 

On Friday Condi Rice chewed up and spat out lefty MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell. You can see the video here. The left's arguments simply don't stand up to logic and facts.