Power Of The Vice President

Bob Schieffer spoke with Vice President Dick Cheney about his power as vice president, wartime torture methods and the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

[@kaysree71]

Dick Cheney is a character straight out of colonial era.

[@ThisNinjaSays_]

He really looks like he's going start writing a letter; to her majesty about the native savages and how they continue to reject being civilized and won't accept Jesus and the Queen's common law. And the Viceroy/Governor/Magistrate needs more powers and more autonomy in order to pacify the natives.

[@catman351]

"Right hand of God. First in Command."

[@henryneese7678]

They should have called the movie "Dick".

[@jackw8268]

Henry Neese what about Fatman begins?

[@joebarksdale6437]

MY TESTIMONY...

[@jackw8268]

Joe Barksdale when i take the stand

[@jacklevitt5767]

Right hand to God*

[@mmm413]

Why doesn't anyone ever include the word "preserve"? They always say "protect and defend." Preserve is just as, maybe more, important.

[@tylerweston7981]

What ever happened to this kind of tv man we need presidents and vice presidents to be on camera this way with actual questions idk how people are all just reading off teleprompters.

[@thomasjust2663]

The war on Iraq was a disaster from almost every point, terrorism in the area actually increased, since Saddam as bad as he was, wasn't a fundamentalist, the cost in terms of manpower and money was immense and now there are countless families that now resent the intervention, god only knows all the ramifications it will have

[@f-22fighterjet84]

600,000 people in Iraq died because of him.

[@bearkillzu2]

The founder of the surveillance state....

[@ChristopherEddy2013]

I think that Mr Schieffer is a good reporter, wise in his profession and with a lot of experience, but I must say I miss Ted Koppel a lot.

[@medad3179]

It's easier to have fun at the barbeque when you don't know what's in the hotdogs.

[@Fecalage]

I don’t agree with a lot of his decision making, but there’s no doubt of his intelligence or understanding of the Federal Government. With the exception that the Constitution states outright that habeas corpus can be suspended during times of rebellion.

[@krazo4Christ]

They did it by the book, but they made the Executive branch too powerful. Too much consideration of military money on their part, a true conservative would have had more measures to balance power and preserve state authority. I don't want to judge the man too harshly.

[@Fighterofthenightmanaaaah]

Halliburton

[@MajesticGames101]

What "WE" did? No what YOU did!

[@curtingdebaptismcurtgolp262]

"⛳ 👁 Dick Cheney was curt 🏌️‍♂️war"

[@JoeFirst1]

This guy is actually just paranoid and not that strategic.

[@pppinto97]

That was his NARATTIVE that u fell into

[@drifter6276]

Nah, he's more like the Phantom Menace.

[@FoolishPrince]

No. That would be FDR

[@tiberium22]

I love Dick cheney his so funny! He's the most powerful man in the world. Cheney is always doing things. What his doing u r going to find out about it in 10 years or so. He looks like LORD VADER, got to love the man.

[@juliusbrom]

10 years later and nobody gives a damn.

[@lauropadilla1114]

Julius Brom They did make a movie about him.

[@Idontuploadhereanymore]

Lauro Padilla Yep, VICE.

[@kawingchuirua]

This comment was sort of premonitory

[@AmbitionThug]

Kawing Chui-Rua no cap its kinda scary tbh

[@andrewhall9894]

4:52 is some BDE

[@hiiamrick]

Cheney is just plain ole evil. Just look at that fool calling for more, and more torture. My United States of America doesn't torture. Remember we are supposed to be the good guys.

[@LunaWolfMXS]

I agree! Obama and Trump are too. You are so right about Obama! And Trump.

[@googleinc6033]

You're not the good guys...

[@jayd1426]

Why isn’t he in jail yet?

[@thomasbrooks2151]

Dick Cheney is the most honorable, strongest, president we ever had in modern day history...

[@lou887]

Vice- President you mean, right?

[@jonathana.207]

no, President.

[@ZickZack4488]

He's evil

[@2clicks2theright375]

Cheney is a badass..perfect man for the situation that took place. He set very brutal policies but it had to be done at that time. United States will respect their rights, but war happens and the envelope had to be pushed to the very edge, and we had to temporarily step into the dark shadows to get things done! Brilliant Man!

[@johnhutchinson1663]

@@2clicks2theright375bruh we were torturing people…

[@curtingdebaptismcurtgolp262]

"I Love You & Thank You! One of the best vice presidents ever 🙌"

[@millertime1224]

New York*

[@White-Devil666]

damn...

[@elshem122]

Brilliant man. Perfect man for the moment.

[@domchanec11]

I AGREED TO ALLOW THE AMERICANS TO MONITOR OR SPY ON ME....AS A CHECK AGAINST ISIS.

[@domchanec11]

I ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE. BUT I WANT MY PERSONAL DATA KEPT PRIVATE & DESTROYED!

[@domchanec11]

AS PROMISED BY GEORGIE!

[@domchanec11]

REVEALING HARSH INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES. ENDANGERING NATIONAL SECURITY.

[@domchanec11]

OUTING OF VALERIE PLAME.

[@domchanec11]

IT IS TIME FOR IRON ASS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE! I ENDORSE THIS MESSAGE!

[@emil.jansson]

I belive Cheney had a mandate to acctully do this.

[@42imagefairly34]

Top 5 worst vice president ever horrifying.

[@mmm413]

And New York can do without evil GOPhers. Matter of fact, the whole nation can.

[@beniteztheconman]

Pure evil

[@udarpavarota396]

Without men like Cheney these otherwise weak and fluffy USA would already have turned into an Islamic State. We voted these men into office to protect and defend the nation. No matter what. Dick Cheney did his job.

[@AssyMcgeeee]

You're a moron. The Iraq war was a disaster that destabilized the middle east and created ISIS.

[@Joshua-ry3ji]

@@AssyMcgeeee at least someone here watched vice😂😂

[@cloudygor8948]

Oh you voted these men to defend the nation I see. it just so happened that 911, one of the biggest and most successful "terrorist attack" happened under their watch and you actually approved of him for "doing his job". That's like a Dr killed their patient on the operation table and called it a success you know that?

[@udarpavarota396]

The best response, according to you, would have been to do nothing. Let the terrorists know 'we're not going to do anything after you attacked us. Everything will stay the same. Come and attack us again.' Destabilize the Middle East? The Middle East was never stable. When was the Middle East ever stable? The Middle East is always in turmoil. They have so many fundamentalisms (radicalisms) they can't possibly reach anything that ressembles stability. Don't go around selling smoke. The torture part was necessary because if you're weak and your enemies don't fear you, it's game over. They'll walk all over you. That's part of life, whether a sports team, a person, a company or a country. You pay a high price for weakness. Torture sent a message. Maybe no important information was obtained through torturing, but it sent a clear message 'don't mess with us because we'll come after you.' The terrorists are fundamentalists. They believe their ideas are the truth and whoever doesn't embrace their same convictions deserves to die. Do you want people like that to be in control? I'll fight to death to stop radicals like these from gaining any sort of control over my life. Do you think the American Dream is all about scratching your balls in a shopping mall while you look at women's asses? You gotta fight for your country too, not just pimp around. These men actually cared. They may have caught them off guard. But the response was swift and efficient. The worst thing they could do after 911 is convey weakness, and they did precisely the opposite. They showed the American people they could overcome any adversity, and that nothing would bring this country down. I'm proud of Bush and Cheney, I'll tell you that.

[@thedude5641]

​@@udarpavarota396 you don't have to commit torture to be strong. A strong nation can be committed to its principles, even in time of war. If the shoe were on the other foot, and a foreign government captured your neighbors to "send a message" and tortured them sadistically as was done at Abu Ghraib, what would you do? Cower? Or would you fight? That's precisely what happened and it did little to make our soldiers and civilians safer. The priority of these men was not protecting Americans. There were no WMDs in Iraq. There was no connection between Sadaam and 9/11. There were however many oil fields which Dick Cheney's company profited from tremendously. There's a difference between being strong, and being evil.

[@MrSalty-ks5pb]

War criminal

[@icantfeelmyface707]

We need to wake up. Posting your comment on the internet aint gonna do nothing. WE NEED TO ORGANIZE AND PROTEST TO PUT THIS GUY WHERE HE BELONGS. PRISON

[@LunaWolfMXS]

I agree! Trump and Obama too! You are so right!

[@lou887]

it'll never happen. Too much power, way too old, way too late.

[@WarisMalik-lo3gj]

This guy made million off war. Why? Because he knows that money is the only power in the world and he gotta get it.

[@aleksandrbubnov4190]

Пожалуйста пощядмте меня умоляю вас плачу умоляю США не убивать меня пожалуйста на коленях у ваших солдат стою и у ваших людей умоляю не убивать пожалуйста сдальтись на до мной я для США пытаюсь что-нибудь хорошее делать и для Европы чтоб они меня не убивали умоляю пощядмте меня пожалуйста

[@nzr4881]

Ты хорошо?

[@JACKnJESUS]

We can all be thankful the current administration was not in office when 9/11 happened. They would not be up to making the very tough calls.

[@koraykirik9448]

Cheney makes a good point. I like this man. It’s a shame he’s pro gay marriage.

[@dustbustr91]

koray kirik . lol

[@henryneese7678]

Really? How is that a shame? How does that very topic or situation interfere with your own life? Does it hurt you? Does it make you cry? b-o-o-h-o-o

[@koraykirik9448]

Because I’m against gay marriage. Wasn’t that clear, kid?

[@dianastvarnik697]

@@henryneese7678 calm down...

[@jackw8268]

koray kirik can you give reasons why you are anti lgbt marriage?