Aww, man.... You'd have to be a pretty sick fucker to even imagine all of the horrid things that I wish would happen to Dick Cheney. He's the result of what happens when a slimy bastard gets everything he wants his whole life, and somehow manages to never be questioned or called out for the shitty things he's said or done.
The former VP is currently doing publicity for his new book. I saw a clip from an NBC interview, where the interviewer seemed quite proud of herself to have asked Cheney if he still supports the decision to water board (torture) SUSPECTED terrorists. He said, "yes". No apologies. She then reminded him that he's one of very few people left in the world who still view water boarding as a legitimate interrogation technique. She thought she stuck it to him. But, he stubbornly stuck to his guns.
After that, the clip I was watching ended. I can only assume that from there, it went on to another topic. What I can't figure out is, why isn't there one fucking "journalist" who's smart enough to ask the appropriate follow up question:
Mr. Cheney, if the Taliban were using water boarding to interrogate captured U.S. troops, would you still consider it a legitimate interrogation technique?
It's so frustrating that he's never asked this question. He manages to survive every interview with his smug self-righteousness intact. And, it's because journalists aren't intellectuals anymore. They're pretty faces, suckling at the teat of whatever corporation signs their checks. Heaven forbid they ask a tough question and the next time Cheney writes a book, he only grants interviews to Faux"News"...
Give me one question, and I could bring that crusty, evil bastard to his knees. I'd crush his seldom-challenged, logically deficient philosophy in a single question. And, I wouldn't even need "enhanced" interrogation techniques to do it. All it takes is the balls to ask a tough question.
It's too bad that Obama is so content on "moving forward" and not "looking to the past" (except for economic policy, war policy, etc...) This is the kind of question that would no doubt be asked if torture and potential Bush Administration WAR CRIMES were being investigated by Congress. And, I bet that Cheney's attempt to answer this question would be one of the most famous moments of any Congressional hearing ever.
Cheney will die before anyone (who actually gets to interview him) ever gets the courage to call him out on this bullshit. It's just too bad that Hell doesn't really exist. Cheney's gonna get off easy.
