l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 Beheading? 'Magnify That a Million Times Over,' Cheney Says
August 21, 2014 - 7:18 AM
By Susan Jones
(CNSNews.com) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who helped push the
United States into war with Iraq in 2003, says "there's no question" that
ISIS terrorists are "very much a threat to the United States, to our friends
and allies, not only in the Middle East but in Europe."
"And when you see them behead an American reporter...that's obviously a
terrible development, but magnify that a million times over because that's
what's in store for the rest of the world if we don't deal effectively with
this crisis," he told Fox News's Sean Hannity on Wednesday night.
Cheney said he doesn't think President Obama understands the "enormous"
danger posed by radical Islam:
"The intelligence is there for all to see. There's no question about what's
happening. But this president and the people around him refuse to recognize
it and certainly refuse to deal with it.
"The damage that is being done as we talk tonight, Sean, to the American
military, is enormous. They're taking our Army down below levels we haven't
seen since Pearl Harbor. They've made major reductions in the Air Force and
the Navy...So it's a train wreck. And there's one more train wreck every day
. It's hard to believe that this president is as ineffective as he clearly
is."
Cheney said he's reached the conclusion that Obama is finally discovering
that the world is a "mean, nasty place" sometimes -- unlike the world Obama
would prefer to see.
"He's not up to speed and does not want to believe all that's going on out
there. But every day, we find new evidence that he'd rather be on the golf
course than he would be dealing with the crisis that's developing rapidly in
the Middle East."
Cheney said Obama is the first president of either party, going back to
Harry Truman, who "simply refuses to recognize the reality of the world we
live in."
It's understandable that Americans are war-weary, but that's where
leadership comes in -- "and Barack Obama's not providing it," Cheney said.
"Of course, it's difficult to persuade the American people that we ought to
send our sons and daughters off to fight a war. But sometimes, it's
absolutely necessary. And that's why we have presidents. And that's why they
have the authority as commander-in-chief to make those decisions and why
those of us who are involved need to do everything we can to support them
and support our troops in the field.
Cheney said he's "absolutely certain" that another mass-casualty attack is
in store for the United states. "Only next time, they'll have far deadlier
weapons," he warned.
"The issue is whether or not we're going to allow them to succeed in their
basic fundamental objective in achieving a caliphate, a true caliphate,
representative of the kind of thing we saw centuries ago in the Middle East,
and follow their ideology, which calls not only for the destruction of
Israel but also the United States.
"Now, are we going to pull ourself up by our bootstraps and get on with the
business of destroying ISIS, or are we simply going to sit back and agonize
every time they commit another outrageous act?" |
|
