Has Anyone in U.S. History Made More Americans Less Safe Than Dick Cheney?
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Cheney is too old to see the worst of what his policies will do. And CBS's Bob Schieffer never seriously challenged any of his assertions.
But history will not be kind to Cheney and Bush. Assuming that we don't avert catastrophic global warming, they will be seen as two of the worst leaders in U.S. history -- a judgment some are already issuing: "Bush will go down in history as possibly a person who has doomed the planet." Make that, "Bush and Cheney."
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