Posted on 11/04/2025 10:15:17 AM PST by RandFan
Former US President George W Bush has lead tributes to Dick Cheney, saying his death is "a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends".
Cheney died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night at the age of 84, his family said in a statement.
He became one of the most powerful US vice-presidents in history under Bush, and leaves behind a controversial legacy as a key architect of the "war on terror", and an early advocate of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation," Bush said in a statement.
Cheney was "a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held", Bush added.
"I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best. He held to his convictions and prioritized the freedom and security of the American people."
Condoleezza Rice, who served as Secretary of State alongside Cheney in the Bush administration, said she admired him "for his integrity and his love of our country".
"He was an inspiring presence and mentor who taught me a great deal about public service," she wrote on X.
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Who’s nation?
No, it’s not.
A loss for NeoCons, Globalist and Warmongers.
His Globalist Nation.
I appreciated his service and his hawkish nature.
We are at war with the Islamic states.
We pretend to not know or that they will leave us alone.
Who inherited his investments in the military industrial complex?
No loss to me...
I voted in 2024 for the obliteration and draining of the likes of Cheney and Bush.
It’s like losing a bad rash.
How? The guy was out of the scene for at least the last few years.
After 25 years, who benefited from Cheney and Bush’s actions?
Illegal migrants across the West
Muslims
The US deep state and surveillance state
bloated Fed.gov
Who suffered?
US soldiers
The US debt pile
Traditional and fly-over America
Mid-east Christians.
Oh, and Lizzie was hatched in MADiston Wisconsin, while her permanent government worker daddy was working on some government degree... No wonder Nixon got Watergated ....
HEY these double minded con men ... conned me ... I really really really thought they were legitimately FOR the USA... Wounded Warriors, anybody?
Yes
To Haliburton, perhaps. As for the nation, it has the right to their own opinions. Nine out of ten Americans don’t even know who Dick Cheney is? The left only has one prerequisite for everyone they come across, that being if they are Trump Supporters or not.
NeoCon nation
I am not sure how Bush thinks that.
RE: Dick Cheney’s death a loss to the nation, says George W Bush
Would it have been better for the country had Joe Lieberman been the VP instead of Cheney?
Me either, he was vile scum
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