CIA head: Cheney almost wishing US be attacked

You accuse Walter of being despicable because he posts a news item about what the Director of Central Intelligence has said? Scumbag.

Setanta wrote:

You accuse Walter of being despicable because he posts a news item about what the Director of Central Intelligence has said? Scumbag.

I'll bet you won't tell us how you'd like it if I posted an article quoting someone who accused you of something truly evil and horrible, knowing that it was wild speculation based on nothing.

It isn't speculation based on nothing; it's based on the nature of Cheney's recent comments and the logical conclusion drawn from them.

Cycloptichorn wrote:

It isn't speculation based on nothing; it's based on the nature of Cheney's recent comments and the logical conclusion drawn from them.

But it's still speculation and it's coming from a government official. I think they can refute Cheney's statements without such attacks. Leave those to the talking heads.

You started a thread indicating a desire on someone's part for his own country to be attacked, based on wild guessing and mind-reading, and now complain when someone suggests you provide even a particle of evidence. Despicable.

Verbatim, Panetta said: ".....it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again...."

Not quite the same as the title here, which reads: "....Cheney almost wishing US be attacked...."

Brandon thinks it would be better to provide the verbatim quote: it seems to him as well as to me that the summary (though to me, Walter's good faith isn't in doubt) shifts the emphasis in the alleged statement to Cheney's detriment.

But it's still speculation and it's coming from a government official. I think they can refute Cheney's statements without such attacks. Leave those to the talking heads.

"I disagreed with the Cheney policy on interrogation techniques, but never did it cross my mind that Dick Cheney would ever want an attack on the United States of America," the former GOP presidential candidate told FOX News Monday. "And it's unfair, and I think that Mr. Panetta should retract, and retract immediately.

"By the way, I hear morale is not at an all-time high over at the CIA under Mr. Panetta's leadership," he said.

Brandon9000 wrote:

Setanta wrote:

You accuse Walter of being despicable because he posts a news item about what the Director of Central Intelligence has said? Scumbag.

I'll bet you won't tell us how you'd like it if I posted an article quoting someone who accused you of something truly evil and horrible, knowing that it was wild speculation based on nothing.

It isn't speculation based on nothing; it's based on the nature of Cheney's recent comments and the logical conclusion drawn from them.

Cycloptichorn

Brandon9000 wrote:

You started a thread indicating a desire on someone's part for his own country to be attacked, based on wild guessing and mind-reading, and now complain when someone suggests you provide even a particle of evidence. Despicable.

High Seas wrote:

Verbatim, Panetta said: ".....it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again...."

Not quite the same as the title here, which reads: "....Cheney almost wishing US be attacked...."

Brandon thinks it would be better to provide the verbatim quote: it seems to him as well as to me that the summary (though to me, Walter's good faith isn't in doubt) shifts the emphasis in the alleged statement to Cheney's detriment.

Well, thanks for those two kind responses.

I must admit that I stole the thread's title. It's identical with that of a couple of US-newspapers.

The [New London] [Daily on the frontpage:


The [Chicago] Sun-Times on page 22


Another "liberal" paper, the [Boston] Herald on page 2:


And the most "left-wing", the Washington Times headlines on page 8



At least 47 other US-papers have at similar headlines.

You posted a quotation which accuses a person of great evil, based on the wildest guesswork.

When someone says that there is a danger which we ought to pay attention to, how does that imply that he wants the danger to be fulfilled so that he can look correct? Find me any recent quotation from Cheney which indicates that he wants America to be attacked.

Setanta wrote:

You accuse Walter of being despicable because he posts a news item about what the Director of Central Intelligence has said? Scumbag.

I'll bet you won't tell us how you'd like it if I posted an article quoting someone who accused you of something truly evil and horrible, knowing that it was wild speculation based on nothing.

engineer wrote:

But it's still speculation and it's coming from a government official. I think they can refute Cheney's statements without such attacks. Leave those to the talking heads.

I'm neither a government official nor even an US-citizen.

I am just a stupid European quoting from US papers.

I'll bet you won't tell us how you'd like it if I posted an article quoting someone who accused you of something truly evil and horrible, knowing that it was wild speculation based on nothing.

Brandon9000 wrote:

You posted a quotation which accuses a person of great evil, based on the wildest guesswork.

And? That's against what law, by-law, convention?