Joe Scarborough: 'Dick Cheney Has Won The Day' On Foreign Policy (VIDEO)

Joe Scarborough declared Dick Cheney the winner of the debate on American foreign policy on Monday's "Morning Joe."

The MSNBC host was discussing Cheney's new memoir "In My Time," when he alleged that the Obama administration was following in the footsteps of Cheney's aggressive approach foreign policy, and getting none of the flak for it. He said, "Dick Cheney has won the day on policy, as far as foreign policy goes," citing President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan and the expansion of drone attacks.

Scarborough was quick to react when guest Wes Moore argued that the Obama doctrine's was different from Bush-Cheney's because the U.S. was not acting alone. Scarborough argued that that the U.S. was upping its actions in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq when no one else is doing the same. He said Obama's policy seemed to be, "We can unilaterally drop bombs on any country that we wanna drop bombs on, whenever we wanna drop bombs on 'em, whether we've declared war or not."

"They can say whatever they want to say, but at the end of the day, their policies seem to be Bush-Cheney policies," Scarborough said.

He even went one step further, saying that Obama "even more excessive than Cheney on unilateralism on some fronts." As an example, he said that U.S. has replaced waterboarding, which he said happened to "two or three people" with "assassination."

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Comments

[koj2hp]

03:07 AM on 09/04/2011

the right sounds like the left used to!!

[BayConnect]

03:05 AM on 09/03/2011

Instead of changing the subject, Joe Scarborough should be asking Dick how much of the 60 billion in cash did his former company get? If he answers, he does not know, he should be challenged to find out. Get him on record for another history changing answer.

[calloy]

10:18 AM on 09/01/2011

lol...if joe scarborough said it, it must be true! especially if his willie agrees!

[Horace Culver]

08:03 PM on 08/31/2011

Good Morning Willie!!!!

[Michael Doane]

11:00 AM on 08/31/2011

Scarborough's scabrous positions are straight from the hip (as were these comments) and often irresponsible. He seems like one half step up from Joe the Plumber. Keep the rest of the team but eject and replace Joe as the centerpiece with Alec Baldwin who can then, player by player, build his own team.

[BBishops]

09:43 PM on 09/01/2011

"One half step up from Joe the Plumber" that's hilarious and an accurate assessment. I'd say replace Mika as well, not sure what purpose she serves other than eye candy. She adds very little to the discussions and agrees with Joe most of the time. And while you are at it, throw out that blithering idiot Mark Halperin. Not sure what his position is most of the time.

[ed leveridge]

10:42 AM on 08/31/2011

I'd rather watch paint dry than watch Joe..................

[Ram Samudrala]

05:59 AM on 08/31/2011

Maybe he's extremely sarcastic (I first thought I was reading an headline from The Onion).

[Ram Samudrala]

05:50 AM on 08/31/2011

You know, I see a concerted effort by conservatives to tie Obama to the Bush years! Like Bush tax cuts are now Obama tax cuts (ALWAYS; like the phrase "job killing"). As if the public will forget so quickly.

[tiredofpc]

04:53 AM on 08/31/2011

Joe, that click, click, click noise you're hearing? That's your channel and/or the tv being turned off.

[BeeReal]

11:52 PM on 08/30/2011

Joe is the only level headed one on the panel. To bad he can't speak what he is really feeling.

[WiltonDiary]

12:35 AM on 08/31/2011

He does and he comes off as a fool with his head in the sand.

[cynt77]

10:59 PM on 08/30/2011

Every once and a while, I'm up early enough to catch Morning Joe. Last week, Joe & Mika was not there. I found a calmness as I watched. There was a relaxed atmosphere on the set. Joe, got anymore vacation time? Please take it, NOW!

[cornelison]

03:15 AM on 08/31/2011

Joe's superior attitude is a turn-off. Sometimes his opinions are removed from reality. Other times it's me, me, me.

[ShineaLight2665]

08:49 AM on 09/01/2011

Or he talks over someone else while they are talking or louder than anyone else.

[MANK]

07:17 PM on 08/31/2011

Joe is there the least. That's when I enjoy the show.

[cynt77]

10:49 PM on 08/30/2011

When Dubbya said:"Wanted Dead or Alive", ref bin Laden, where was Scarborough with his critique, then?

[themiddleistheproblem]

07:45 PM on 08/30/2011

Does anyone think this guy matters since moving to mournings?

[Bigdaddy Milkman]

07:30 PM on 08/30/2011

Shows you just how 'liberal' MSNBC is.

[Joanne Pugliese]

07:20 PM on 08/30/2011

The Independents are watching Morning with Joe only because of him-he is fair and balanced-unfortunately most people who watch MSNBC do not want to hear the other side-

[cynt77]

10:51 PM on 08/30/2011

Ha, Ha. You're funny!

[thegreatdaveo]

11:44 PM on 08/30/2011

Which side is "the other side?"