Cheney's bold move to rewrite history

“Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.”

No single sentence could so accurately encapsulate the tenure of George Bush than this one.

• Missed or ignored warnings about potential terrorists plans
• Worst attack on American soil happens under his watch
• Makes case for war based on lies and false assumptions
• Invades country that has no ties to terrorism and no WMDs
• Kills hundreds of thousands of Iraqis
• Nearly 5,000 Americans lose their lives
• Completely misreads post-invasion needs of the country leaving millions in misery
• Post-invasion American overseers lose billions of dollars
• Allows torture and indefinite detention without trial
• Vacuum in Iraq emboldens terrorists and incites sectarian violence
• Dismisses then stalls investigation into 9/11, then sets up commission with predetermined outcomes
• Opium production rises in Afghanistan after the American invasion
• U.S. backed Maliki government mired in graft

The irony is that the above statement wasn’t from some liberal commentator about Bush, but comes from a recent Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal by Dick Cheney trying to shift blame for the failures of the Bush Administration onto Obama.