CHENEY STRIKES BACK - AT 8:55 P.M. ET:  The former vice president has struck back against the meandering, and endless whining, of the Obama administration, whose tactics are placing the nation in danger.  Andrew Malcolm, of the L.A. Times's great Top of The Ticket site, reports:

With public support for the Afghan conflict melting and approval of the president's job as commander in chief waning, two top Barack Obama aides -- senior advisor David Axelrod and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- went on the TV talk shows Sunday and used very similar words to explain their latest lengthy policy review as the fault of the long-gone Bush administration ignoring the needs of Afghanistan for years.

Tonight, as first reported by Fox News's "Special Report," former Vice President Dick Cheney fires back in a candid, even blunt, retort:

Having announced his Afghanistan strategy last March, President Obama now seems afraid to make a decision, and unable to provide his commander on the ground with the troops he needs to complete his mission....

It’s time for President Obama to make good on his promise. The White House must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.

Cheney's criticism of the succeeding Democratic administration is not new. However, he reveals tonight that the outgoing Bush administration handed a complete Afghan policy review to the Obama transition team, which asked the Republicans not to release it. The Bush team agreed and its recommendations formed much of the basis of Obama's announcement in March. But now Axelrod and Emanuel are stating that those review questions had not been asked for eight years.

COMMENT:  Axelrod and Emanuel were deceptive.  The questions were asked, and the incoming administration was fully briefed. 

Let's see if the mainstream media tags the White House for this obvious lack of truthfulness.  Don't hold your breath.

We're dealing with the lives of American troops.  There doesn't seem to be any great sense of urgency in the Oval Office.  Must plan the next big dinner party or night out on the town.

October 21, 2009