If Dick Cheney wants to get a rise out of the troops in theater, he should just keep talking:
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 asked about the toll multiple deployments have taken on U.S. military members, Cheney fired back with a question.
"Of course it is, Martha," Cheney said. "So what would be the solution to that? I mean how would you deal with that?"
There may be greater dicks in this century, after all there are nine decades left, but Cheney has set a standard that will be hard to match.
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Tragically, the only Dick the government/ MSM cares about knocking the arrogant stuffing out of and nailing is not Dick Cheney, but Eliot Spitzer~AND~the only Bush the government/ MSM cares about salivating over and nailing is not George Bush, but a prostitute.....
Not that Martha Raddatz didn't give it a good try. Conversely, he chose to do the interview with her for some reason, even if punditry claims "no love for Raddatz." BTW?..I see that google searches of the interview are finally producing results, albeit a bit belated. Ah, the beauty of short-attention spans! We've moved on to the vapid question asked of Chelsea Clinton! That resulted in immediate results from google. Not that her answer wasn't a Zing! Snap!