Cheney Believes Torture Probe A Political Move

Now that Eric Holder has unleashed the power of prosecution, the Republicans are running scared. Cheney called the decision to look into CIA abuses a "terrible decision", "clearly a political move." Today on Meet the Press, John McCain said that the country should "look forward, not backwards, as the President said." He spoke about how harmful that would be to the CIA and Bush Administration officials. Not once have Cheney, McCain, or any Republican mentioned justice for the hundreds of individuals who were tortured unjustly at the hands of the government.

Cheney has been on the offensive since he left office, knowing one day this might happen. He has attacked the conservative news networks with insinuations of how torturing a few individuals saved thousands of lives, without going into specifics. He never mentions who authorized Khaled-sheik Mohammed to be waterboarded 183 times, just takes credit for it.

Now that a special prosecutor has been unleashed on his ass he is scrambling for allies. George Bush has been laying low in Texas. Rumsfield cannot be seen in public without someone yelling war criminal. Condelezza Rice is keeping an extremely low profile, and no current Republican can come to their defense without hurting the party's chances for a comeback in 2012. Looks like Cheney is going to be the fall guy. Darth Vader falls down the reactor. The empire falls with him.