Cheney's Bad Day

Too much has been made of the Cheney story. But his statement to Brit Hume that Saturday was one of the worst days in his life--which he said with real feeling--is disturbing. Cheney has never made a similar statement about the war in Iraq, which he helped bring about. Did he not have sleepless nights after advising President Bush to go to war?

Perhaps he did and he has chosen not to talk about it on the assumption that it would be unmanly or a sign of weakness. But I suspect he did not have sleepless nights over Iraq. Like many policymakers he probably has trouble imagining the impact of his policies on real human beings. He has to physically pull the trigger on a gun and see someone fall for him to feel that he is responsible for an injury...

Rick Shenkman
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