That Dick Is Finally Right
Former Vice President Dick
Cheney is predicting that the beheading of American journalist James
Foley is just the start of more violence if President Barack Obama doesn’t “deal with this crisis” in Iraq.
“The ISIS organization in charge is very much a threat to the United States, to our friends and allies, not just in the Middle East, but in Europe, and when you see them behead an American reporter, as they did today, that’s obviously a terrible development,” Cheney said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Hannity.” “But magnify that a million times over because that is what’s in store for the rest of the world if we don’t deal with this crisis.”
“I think every single day that goes by [Obama] is finding that there’s a bigger and bigger gulf between his hoped-for view of the world and reality,” Cheney said. “I think the danger is enormous, I don’t think the president understands it.”
Cheney commented that he believes Obama’s view of the world is “fundamentally flawed” and that his aversion to military action has made other world leaders view the president as “weak and ineffective,” saying “there is no question … he is viewed as perhaps the weakest president in my lifetime.”
Because of these perceived weaknesses, Cheney argued that while Americans may be war-weary, sometimes military action is “absolutely necessary” in order to prevent more attacks.
“I am absolutely certain that someday there will be another mass casualty attack against the United States,” Cheney said. “Except next time they will have far deadlier weapons.”
Mike Morell, who was CIA deputy director when Foley was captured in Syria in 2012, also warned about the threat from ISIL on Thursday.
“If an ISIS member showed up in a mall in the United States tomorrow with an AK-47 and killed a number of Americans, I would not be surprised,” he said on “CBS This Morning.” “Over the long term, I worry that this group could present a 9/11 style threat. It took Al Qaeda two-and-a-half years to plan 9/11. It would not surprise me to know that ISIS may be thinking about going in that kind of direction. Short-term threat, long-term threat.”
“The ISIS organization in charge is very much a threat to the United States, to our friends and allies, not just in the Middle East, but in Europe, and when you see them behead an American reporter, as they did today, that’s obviously a terrible development,” Cheney said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Hannity.” “But magnify that a million times over because that is what’s in store for the rest of the world if we don’t deal with this crisis.”
On Tuesday, a video was posted on
YouTube by men claiming to be part of the terrorist group known as the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The graphic video shows Foley’s
murder and includes threats to the life of American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff if Obama does not end the airstrikes in Iraq. On Wednesday, the National Security Council said the video is authentic.
“I think every single day that goes by [Obama] is finding that there’s a bigger and bigger gulf between his hoped-for view of the world and reality,” Cheney said. “I think the danger is enormous, I don’t think the president understands it.”
Cheney commented that he believes Obama’s view of the world is “fundamentally flawed” and that his aversion to military action has made other world leaders view the president as “weak and ineffective,” saying “there is no question … he is viewed as perhaps the weakest president in my lifetime.”
Because of these perceived weaknesses, Cheney argued that while Americans may be war-weary, sometimes military action is “absolutely necessary” in order to prevent more attacks.
“I am absolutely certain that someday there will be another mass casualty attack against the United States,” Cheney said. “Except next time they will have far deadlier weapons.”
Mike Morell, who was CIA deputy director when Foley was captured in Syria in 2012, also warned about the threat from ISIL on Thursday.
“If an ISIS member showed up in a mall in the United States tomorrow with an AK-47 and killed a number of Americans, I would not be surprised,” he said on “CBS This Morning.” “Over the long term, I worry that this group could present a 9/11 style threat. It took Al Qaeda two-and-a-half years to plan 9/11. It would not surprise me to know that ISIS may be thinking about going in that kind of direction. Short-term threat, long-term threat.”
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