I can’t help but think of the late Christopher Hitchens stalking Henry Kissinger, who he charged with war crimes and continued his claims up until his death.
Kissinger’s travel plans have been impacted because of the policies he trumpeted, which are tied to the botched kidnapping and assassination of Chilean General René Schneider, who was the commander-in-chief of Chile’s army in 1970 at the time Allende came to power. Scott Horton has the backstory.
I bring it up because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have had similar troubles traveling.
But the latest from Dick Cheney takes the meaning of chickenhawk to a whole new level. From the La Times:
A spokesman for Cheney was not immediately available Tuesday, and a request left with is publisher for comment was not returned before this post was published.
Cheney — who has visited plenty of dangerous places in his time, including Iraq in 2008 — is a lightning rod for controversy in some corners of Canada. His harshest critics there call him a “war criminal” and blame him for human rights violations including the United States’ controversial use of waterboarding to elicit information from terrorist suspects.
Violence broke out when Cheney visited Vancouver in September as part of the book tour for his memoir, “In My Time,” which he wrote with daughter Elizabeth. Cheney had to hole up inside the building for hours as police in riot gear took on demonstrators.
I’ll never understand why the newly elected Pres. Obama and the Democratic Congress under Speaker Pelosi didn’t do their jobs, which was to drag Bush administration officials on the congressional carpet and make them answer for their policies.
But considering Pres. Obama is utilizing targeted assassinations and drone strikes that mimic and sometimes out number what Bush-Cheney did, it’s likely because once in The Presidents Club, atrocities become the water’s edge.
It gladdens my heart that this murderous, horrid old war criminal and the rest of the Bush Crime Family are for all intents and purposes under house arrest in the United States.
It saddens my heart that President Obama could not resist the allure and appeal of the same illegal and unethical use and abuse of power.
Or maybe, as John Mellencamp once wrote, if you won’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
Hi from Canada! I am so proud of my compatriots for standing up to these murderers.The scene that keeps playing out in my mind is on the day of Obama’s inauguration.Walking the Bush’s out to the helicopter the President was all hugs and smiles with GWB.I knew then there would be no justice for the Americans and Iraqi’s killed.Now you see them all welcomed with open arms by the media as pundits! Un believable
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
Raechel I am sadder then words can express to have to agree with you 100%.