Cheney says Obama should apologize to Bush

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Cheney says Obama should apologize to Bush administration after al-Awlaki killing

By Rachel Rose Hartman | The Ticket – 1 hr 25 mins ago

Former Vice President ####### Cheney says that following the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, President Obama owes the George W. Bush administration an apology.

Cheney, speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, offered support for the targeted killing by drone strike last week of the Yemeni-American radical cleric al-Awlaki, but he said that Obama now needs to reverse his past criticism of how the Bush administration interrogated suspected terrorists.

The Obama administration "in effect had said that we had walked away from our ideals or taken policy contrary to our ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques," the former vice president said. Al-Awlaki's death indicates that members of the Obama administration "clearly have moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it's justified," Cheney said.

"You'd like an apology, it sounds like?" host Candy Crowley asked the former vice president.

"Well I would," Cheney responded, "I think that would be a--not for me--but I think for the Bush administration."

"I think it was a very good strike. I think it was justified," Cheney added regarding the strike against al-Awlaki, CNN reports. But Cheney added, "I'm waiting for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for 'overreacting' to the events of 9/11."

The Obama administration has been criticized by civil liberties groups and others, including Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, for authorizing the killing of al-Awlaki. These critics argue that, as an American, al-Awlaki had a right to due process.

The Justice Department reportedly issued approval for the CIA to kill al-Awlaki by concluding in a memo that he was not entitled to due process because he was a war combatant.

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Cheney added, "I'm waiting for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for 'overreacting' to the events of 9/11."

I'd be curious to know if ####### Cheney can cite an instance in which a member of the Obama Administration used the word 'overreacting' in reference to the GWB Administration's handling of the events of 9/11.

I think Cheney is talking through his a$$. Nothing new in that regard. Maybe he should apologize for being an arrogant #######, what about that? Or if not for that, how about for taking this country into a war in Iraq on trumped up evidence of a connection to al Quaida and 9/11 and the presence of WMD that never existed? How about maybe Mr. Cheney just accept his role in history and shut the ** up?

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I'd be curious to know if ####### Cheney can cite an instance in which a member of the Obama Administration used the word 'overreacting' in reference to the GWB Administration's handling of the events of 9/11.

I think Cheney is talking through his a$$. Nothing new in that regard. Maybe he should apologize for being an arrogant #######, what about that? Or if not for that, how about for taking this country into a war in Iraq on trumped up evidence of a connection to al Quaida and 9/11 and the presence of WMD that never existed? How about maybe Mr. Cheney just accept his role in history and shut the ** up?

Now it might just be that "history" and the majority vote put Cheney at the White house for two terms while Obamer washes out after one.

Just sayin.

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