What Motivates VP Chaney to speak out on the War On Terror?
By bobmnu
@bobmnu (8157)
United States
May 26, 2009 11:05am CST
There are many people who feel that VP Chaney has gone too far speaking out against the direction the War on Terror is going and he has some Ulterior Motive for doing so. He stated back when he was selected fro the VP position that he had no intention of running for President. He has served his country in many different ways and has been successful in business. On different occasions he has said that he considered the VP to be the final act of service to the country. So what motivates a man who was hated by the press and ridiculed at every time he did something? He has a federal pension, and is wealthy in his own right so it can’t be for the money. He has been the second most powerful man in the country and one of the most powerful men in the world so he can’t be seeking power. It can’t be to get press coverage because he never wanted it when he was VP and he gets “beaten up” every time he gives an interview. Some say it is to create a different history of his time as VP, but history has taught us that no matter how good or bad you were History will focus on the truth and you can’t change that. What is it that motivates him? Is it as some commentators have said and it is out of Love of Country? I think he is trying to prevent what happened before WWII and that is to fail to realize the threat and to let up on the enemy and give them a chance to rearm and reorganize and become stronger and make it harder to defeat.
2 responses
@heathcliff (1415)
• United States
14 Jun 09
I agree, Amythyst, it is all about how he goes down in the history books at this point. He wants as many chances as possible to defend the decisions he was involved with. It is an agressive tact that befits his character, unlike the Bushes who are more content to walk away and let History judge however it may.
Ultimately he has no incentive to walk away. If he keeps ranting he can spin it as over-devotion to his country, but if things turn badly now, he will be in a position to gloat.
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