And running the corrupt Haliburton 
of course.
He seemed have mellowed in later life but the damage was done. A legacy of war mongering (with the halfwit Bush boy) and bringing misery to tens of millions. He should just be chucked in a remote part of the Everglades and forgotten.
His daughters, from what little I know about them, seem far more reasonable people than the pere.
I was taken aback at lunchtime when Sky released the news where they were eulogising (spelling?) him as the architect of the modern world after the cold war, whereas I only remember him in regards to the Iraq fiasco…
I hope when I die, everyone too will say how nice was he…
And I know now why his boss Bush confused terrorists with tourists, he pronounced them all the same way. 
I’m pretty convinced the World would be a better place if he’d never existed. Maybe with the exception of producing two daughters who seem quite reasonable. They must take after mother 
I think two key factors were he was linked to a complete idiot of a president, so he ran the show, and that he looked quite avuncular, one wouldn’t immediately spring to the conclusion he was an evil bastard.
I loathed that man.
But again, this afternoon, Sky was giving him - Cheney - the accolade of being the power behind the thrones - plural… so was it just the one throne?
While you’re on David I noticed your post on running out of Shredded Wheat. My SIL is a big fan of SW since a kid, thus we usually have reserves. he won’t be back here before we’ve done a restock run over Christmas, so, we’ve a little stash available. If you’d like an emergency supply we’re more than happy to share, just PM me your address and I’ll let you know when they’re dispatched.
I checked today and they do fit in the box 
I can stuff a few more (Hygienically) down the side as padding.
Me too. And yet, the despicable person that he was, he’s probably less of a shit than Trump. At least he had misguided principles, Trump has none.
John that is really a generous offer but I should tell you that the box I recieved is still half full mainly because I fogret it is there and when I do remember I discover it is a real disappointment because of my almost complete loss of taste and appetite.
But I do thank you for the thought. 
Good point. It was obvious he has his hand up Bush like Harry Corbett had up Sooty. Who knows what other shit he caused from the shadows. Just like the folk running the bewildered and raving Trump.
Not good David 
It worries me.
Wait… the Middle East was stable once?
I’ll see if I can press the doc on Thursday for an opinion on that, but it is bizarre, I get sudden urges, usually for salt or fruit but that is about all. But I thank you again for the thought. 
I firmly believe that everyone is less of a shit than Trump. I mean, that’s an impossibly high bar.
Too true, it’s not exactly been a paragon of serenity since 1947 but things have deteriorated severely.
But there’s a big difference between pre and post 2000. The tribal M/E fires have smouldered forever and efforts should have been to damp them down, not throw petrol (AKA “shock and awe”) on it based on fabricated reasons. Cheney was a world class bastard. Good riddance. He’s done nothing good for anybody except the oil industry.
As for M/E stability, well not since the Zionists decided they owned the (á la cadastre de Dieu) land that other people had actually been living on for 2000 years and then in '47 slaughtered or turfed them out, no it hasn’t been great. Not happy with that they now they want more, the West Bank, a bit of Syria and a touch of Jordan. The word greed comes to mind.
Meanwhile during the Trump brokered ceasefire (don’t make me laugh) they slaughter women and children (thirty-five kiddies the other day) in the Gaza concentration camp.
