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Cheney drops the D-word

Cheney accuses the Obama administration of dithering on Afghanistan. Okay,  this is enough to make me reconsider everything I’ve said on the subject. Seriously: I think this guy is about as wrong about American foreign policy as it is possible to be. If he thinks something, that makes me doubt it. Especially when that Karl ...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 1: Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's annual Journalism Awards on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Cheney strongly defended the Bush administration's record on national security. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Dick Cheney

Cheney accuses the Obama administration of dithering on Afghanistan. Okay,  this is enough to make me reconsider everything I’ve said on the subject. Seriously: I think this guy is about as wrong about American foreign policy as it is possible to be. If he thinks something, that makes me doubt it. Especially when that Karl Rove piles on.  

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, U.S. Foreign Policy

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