In an interview with ABC News, even Cheney offered praise for Obama:
"The administration clearly deserves credit for the success of the operation," Cheney told ABC News, adding that getting bin Laden has long been "the ultimate goal, the ultimate objective" of the U.S. counterterrorism program.That last line is telling. Cheney wanted that sense of satisfaction. But, his boss gave up the hunt for Bin Laden and invaded Iraq -- at Cheney's urging.
Cheney praised President Obama for the judgment he exercised in making the call to go forward with the raid.
"We all owe him the same sense of satisfaction that I'm sure they feel," Cheney said.
Of course, he couldn't leave it at that. Cheney also said:
"For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy."The Obama administration isn't ignoring the prospect of future attacks. The President talked about that last night. And, talk about patting ourselves on the back, I believe it was George W. Bush who was patting himself on the back for "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq eight years ago.
The full transcript is here.
