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What a great synopsis of what I have always considered Cheney and friends' grand strategy--a massive heist of government funds for incompetent cronies. These people were never interested in doing a good job. Their conservative philosophy declared government to be bad and mismanaged, and they ensured that it would in fact be so. Now that they are gone, have gotten their friends another trillion dollar flood of money, and can retire to their beach houses on the now black-free Gulf Coast, these fuckers can loudly proclaim themselves the proud opposition to government excess.
It is simple thievery. To honor crooks with nefarious aims other than simple stealing is to miss their true culpability and the American people's lack of clarity in discerning the real issues and aims of the Bush (Cheney) Administration.
Torture, terror, detention, habeas, etc., were all fear-induced smokescreens to hide the bank job.
