“The White House must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.”
— Dick Cheney, former vice president, saying that President Barack Obama has failed to set clear goals in Afghanistan
You can’t ask for a better back seat driver than Dick Cheney.
After all, he rode shotgun on one of the roughest trips in American presidential history.
For eight years, Cheney gave wheelman George W. Bush directions. I guess old habits are hard to break.
The thing is, Dick, you’re not in the car anymore. We’ve switched seats. We let you guys get out, stretch your legs a little. Get a cushy private sector job and write a memoir or two.
So before you start jumping all over the fledgling Obama administration, keep in mind that you had eight years to accumulate all your screw-ups. Give it time.
Remember how it felt to have every pundit and crackpot second-guess your decisions? Granted, questioning the government is a good thing. Constant griping without concrete solutions? Not so much.
I guess the old adage is true: if you want something done right, do it yourself. Maybe Sarah Palin will take you as her vice president in 2012.
In the meantime, relax. Enjoy your retirement. Let the new kids handle things.
Brian Diefenbach, copy editor
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Brian,
Really? Out of all the quotes to choose from this past week you take the simple road? I know you are writing for a largely liberal campus, but still, you can make a comment that doesn’t amount to just “shut up you.”
I know this comment will most likely be deleted like others that criticize the Herald, remember that whole “free speech” thing that is giving you all the ability to write this to begin with?
After eight years of being responsible for the greatest failure of american foreign policy ever, why would cheneys criticsms of the present administration be considered creditable by anyone? The man is trying to build and defend a legasy of keeping the country safe that simply is not there. I am a resident of wyoming and distinctly remember when cheney was our states only representative, he basically represented the oil companies and no one else! He is also not a son of wyoming–he was born in omaha nebraska. Nebraska is welcome to whatever fame or infame he may bestow on his home state leave wyoming out of it. jim richard