Cheney-Bush Still Gushing Toxic History Into Our World

[Joanne98]

For OpEdNews: Don Williams - Writer

In 2003 I wrote, "If George W. Bush had run for president on a platform of making the world uninhabitable for humankind, he could scarcely have done better at starting us down such a path."

His first nail in the, um, platform was to allow Dick Cheney to select himself as vice-president. His second was in elevating Cheney to the status of co-president almost immediately. In his second administration--two wars and a million deaths later--Bush demoted Cheney, but by then it was too late. Cheney had unleashed forces that will haunt the world for decades if not centuries.

Even now oil gushes from a hole in the bottom of the sea, thanks to Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and BP.

Don't get me wrong. Obama is not absolved. He's been worse than disappointing in this crisis. It would've been heartening to see him direct an armada of ships from many nations into the Gulf of Mexico to suck up oil and otherwise contain the damage. It would've been wonderful to see him in boots and protective gear leading armies of volunteers and actual soldiers to scoop oil off beaches and clean feathers of sea-gracing birds. It would've been marvelous to've beheld a panel of actual scientists telling us what was really going on and rapidly assessing options proposed by everyone from actor Kevin Costner to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

Still, make no mistake. The Great Gulf Gusher of 2010--like institutionalized torture, never-ending Middle Eastern war, unprecedented domestic spying, the great economic collapse of 2008, unprecedented media lies and so much else I've documented--was a Bush-Cheney production.


After losing the popular vote in 2000, yet winning the White House by one Republican vote on the Supreme Court, the first order of business for Bush-Cheney was to appoint a special energy task force to write energy policy for the new administration. As author Rodrigue Tremblay ("The New American Empire") and many others have documented, Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton, brought in his old cronies from across the corporate energy spectrum--oil, gas, coal, nuclear, etc., and held meetings--most of them secret--for over 100 days in 2001.

From then on it was "drill baby drill."

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[Itchinjim]

1. Had me up until this sentence: "He's been worse than disappointing in this crisis."

[cowman]

2. And tell me how has he been good?

[papadog]

3. He's done little to prevent the Next Geroge W. Bush from doing the same thing.

Obama has allowed Bush/Cheney misdeeds to go unadressed. He has condoned their actions and by doing so has adopted the blame for himself. He's been a GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT for those of us who contributed time and money toward his election. From the TELECOM amnesty to WHISTLEBOWER prosecutions to this OIL DISASTER Obama has aligned himself with the previous administration. When no one is held accountable why whould they change the way their actions. He has lent legitimacy to thier criminal deeds and is therefore just as bad for the country as they are. I can respect the opposition for their convictions I can't respect an ally who betrays his supporters. His lack of conviction to the RULE OF LAW, for which he took an oath to uphold, make people questions if he doesn't have something underhanded to hide himself.