The Mind of An Amoral Monster

Vice President Dick Cheney – a/k/a Emperor Palpatine Cheney – gave an interview to ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/story?id=4513250&page=1) which leaves me believing the man is amoral and one of the coldest, most lacking in compassion people alive today. He truly cares nothing for the members of the U. S. military who have lost their lives because of his fool’s errand war in Iraq. To him, they are merely expendable fodder. Worse yet, he thinks the Chimperator has to bear a heavier burden than the families who have lost loved ones because of his megalomaniacal ego and thurst for money for Halliburton. The guy makes me sick. I hope that somehow, someday, the man is brought to trial for war crimes. If that ever happens, I'd have to think long and hard before I'd say a judicially imposed death sentence were inappropriate. It is disturbing that more Americans do not see this man for the cold, cruel, monster that he is. Here are a few highlights:

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked what effect the grim milestone of at least 4,000 U.S. deaths in the five-year Iraq war might have on the nation.
Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, who made the decision to commit US troops to war, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty.

"The president carries the biggest burden, obviously," Cheney said. "He's the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm's way for the rest of us."

"When you talk about an all-volunteer force, some of these soldiers, airmen, Marines have been on two, three, four, some of them more than that, deployments," Raddatz said. "Do you think when they volunteered they had any idea that there would be so many deployments or stop-loss? Some of those who want to get out can't because of stop-loss?"

Last week Cheney made headlines when asked about recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it. "So?" Cheney replied during that interview. "You don't care what the American people think?" Raddatz asked the vice president at the time.